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- Disks: why size means performance
- OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...
- Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Asus K50IJ-RX05
- asus k50IJThe ASUS K50IJ series is one of the latest budget notebooks designed to provide better performance than a netbook and a larger screen for only a modest price increase. ASUS K50IJ-C1 Specifications:Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6500 Processor (2.1GHz)15.6" 16:9 Wide Format (1366 x...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), notebook, battery, ASUS, speaker, RAM, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- Intel: SSDs are coming
- A MisnomerThe term "solid-state" is actually slightly off, if the intent is to distinguish a unit with no moving parts from one with moving parts. The term "solid-state", although it can be used informally to mean "no-moving-parts", actually refers to lack of vacuum or gas-based tubes, thereby implying the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Visual Studio, Storage, Intel Corp., SSD
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- What does 6 Gbit SATA mean to you?
- RE: What does 6 Gbit SATA mean to you?The transfer speed will remain meaningless until SATA 10k and 15k RPM speeds become the norm. The speed of the data retrieval from the platters is the biggest factor in drive performance. The disk drive is and will remain the...
- Tags: Performance management, Main Memory, OS/driver, Gbit SATA, disk
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Apricorn's 4 TB hard card: PCI RAID array pt. 1
- The folks over at Apricorn - a 26 year old company in SoCal - sent me their new PCIe Drive Array to review. A new video capture card requires higher bandwidth storage - over 100 MB/s sustained - so the timing was good. You may recall the...
- Tags: Card, Bandwidth, Disk, Apricorn, Video, PCI Express, Video Capture Card, MB/sec, PeDA, WD, Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro Video Capture Card, RAID, Corporate Communications, Storage, PCI, Hardware, Marketing, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- DEKSI Hard Disk Manager 2.90 (Windows)
- DEKSI Hard Disk Manager is a multi-OS HDD/SSD monitoring and analysis application. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair disk drive problems, report and display SSD and HDD health, performance degradations and failures. DEKSI Hard Disk Manager gives complete textual description, tips and displays/reports the most comprehensive information...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Disk Drive, Microsoft Windows, DEK Software, DEKSI Hard-Disk Manager
- Software downloads 2009-08-12
- Maingear debuts eX-L 18, 'world's most powerful laptop'; dual GeForce, triple HD, $3-6K
- High-performance computer builders Maingear on Thursday announced its eX-L 18 desktop replacement laptop, 'the world's most powerful' notebook, according to the company. The system features dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs (1080p HD resolution, of course), Intel Core 2 mobile processors and dual-channel...
- Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, 1080p, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Maingear, eX-L 18, Serial ATA, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- SSDs are getting better, still not there yet
- To date, the solid-state disk has been a tech mirage. The vision is great, but it always seems to be just over the horizon. SSDs have struggled to live up the performance promises, and they remain too expensive to provide any real competition to hard drives. But...
- Tags: Performance, NAND, Intel Corp., SSD, Corsair, X128, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Intel debuts 34nm NAND flash SSDs; lowers prices 60%
- Intel on Tuesday announced that it is moving to a more advanced, 34-nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based solid-state drives. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for computer manufacturers and consumers thanks to...
- Tags: NAND Flash, I/O, NAND, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Lexar debuts 64GB, 128GB, 256GB Crucial M225 SSDs
- Lexar on Monday announced its line of Crucial solid-state drives, the "fastest, highest capacity Crucial SSDs to date." The calling card of the new drives are their fast read and write speeds: The flagship 256GB Crucial M225 SSD offers 250MB/sec read speed...
- Tags: Lexar Media Inc., Speed, Crucial SSD, Flash Memory, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Western Digital begins shipping in-house SiliconDrive III SSDs
- Western Digital today announced that it has begun shipping its new SiliconDrive III solid-state drive product family based on technology from its March 2009 acquisition of SiliconSystems and featuring feature faster read/write speeds, increased capacities and mechanical scalability, the company says. SiliconDrive III...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Storage Array, Western Digital Corp., Register, WD, Serial ATA, Ip storage, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook Pro
- Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook ProErm ... yes, they were!When Vista RTM shipped and users discovered that it's file & networking throughput was less than expected, they (and many ABM'ers who'd never even installed the OS) started baying for blood.MS fixed many of its file &...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Adrian, Apple MacBook Pro, SSD, Serial ATA, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook Pro
- For some, the pride of owning a brand new 13" MacBook Pro was shortlived as they discovered that the speed of their SATA hard drives are capped at 1.5Gbps, well below the expected 3.0Gbps. The difference between 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps makes little difference when you're dealing with...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Storage, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- What's new: Specs, prices for Apple's latest Macbook, Pro, Air
- Before all the hullabaloo about Apple's new iPhone 3GS, the company announced a refresh of the entire Macbook lineup, with added features and cheaper price tags. That's big news in this economy. So here's the breakdown of what Apple's offering in the laptop...
- Tags: Hard Drive, SD Card, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Apple MacBook Pro, Built-in, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799
- Claiming a title not unlike the "world's most fuel-efficient sports car," high-performance computer manufacturer Maingear has introduced its Pulse, a small form factor gaming PC based on NVIDIA ION graphics. Maingear says the Pulse is the world's first "ION-based" PC that can be...
- Tags: Game, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Gaming PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Maingear, Pulse, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devices
- SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devicesSATA Connectors *are* crap - agreed.Unbelievable that the old molex 4-pin power connector was better than the new one. I never had a molex pop out, but I've have several SATA power connectors disconnect, especially in fold-together desktops like Dells and small form...
- Tags: PCI, SATA Connector, Serial ATA, PCI Express, solid state disk, SATA Revision 3.0
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Put together a solid barebones system for $350
- Put together a solid barebones system for $350Put together a solid barebones system for $350[i]Solid motherboard for the Intel AMD.[/i]Intel makes AMD chips now? I'm kidding of course but still fun to bust your chiggity chops.RE: Put together a solid barebones system for $350While I think your choices are...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows XP, system-for $350, system-For, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?I guess they are OKWith most Windows Based Netbooks being in the $350 area I do not see any advantage of a netbook other than size. Sure you can get a nice light 10" screen netbook, but expect to only do light...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, notebook
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Runcore Pro IV SSD benchmarks
- As a follow-up to yesterday's post I've completed some quick real-world benchmarks of the Pro IV 2.5-inch SATA SSD in my MacBook Pro 2.4GHz with 2GB RAM running Mac OS 10.5.6 with all updates applied. The SSD was set up from the HDD using Apple's Migration Assistant. ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
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