solid state drive

by Pedro Hernandez on May 9, 2009 · 0 comments

As solid state drives (SSDs) appear in more notebooks and PCs in the coming years, Microsoft wants to make certain that Windows 7 is not only on speaking terms with the storage technology, but that the OS provides an optimized…

Read more Windows 7 Plays Nice with SSDs

by Rafael Hernandez on April 22, 2009 · 0 comments

There you were, pining for your very own solid state drive, hoping against hope that their pricing would fall to a reasonable enough level. With time comes more competition so the day you have your very own SSD might be…

Read more Kingston SSDNow 80GB, The Floodgates Open

by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2009 · 0 comments

The solid-state drive has a ton of benefits that users are clamoring for namely insanely high speeds, much improved reliability when it comes to bumping them around, and lower power usag. Unfortunately they’ve been on the pricier end of the…

Read more OCZ Vertex 120GB, The SSD Gets Cheaper

by Rafael Hernandez on March 12, 2009 · 0 comments

While the promises of speedy solid state drives have been long promised there has been very little movement in bringing those devices to market leaving the consumer to cobble together primitive RAID setups to bring about such performance. Fusion-io’s ioDrive…

Read more Fusion-io Builds A SSD So Speedy Your Server Wants One Posthaste

by Rafael Hernandez on March 9, 2009 · 0 comments

The marketing types should keep the tech geeks locked safely away in their offices when it comes time to demonstrating their product’s capabilities, then again it does make for a show that other geek types will appreciate. Samsung’s SSD unit…

Read more Samsung SSD Awesomeness, Or A Really Cheesey Tech Demo

by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2009 · 0 comments

There are very few pieces of hardware that instantly catch your attention and have you slobbering drool all over yourself within a few seconds of realizing what it can do, OCZ’s Z-Drive is one such piece of hardware. The company…

Read more OCZ SSD Z-Drive, Yeah You Want One

by Rafael Hernandez on November 24, 2008 · 0 comments

Tacking on the “Extreme” label is a common practice with hardware manufacturers trying to differentiate their gear. In most cases it’s a bunch of hooey but in some instances, like with Intel’s new X25-E Extreme 32GB solid state drive, the…

Read more Intel X25-E Extreme, Setting All Sorts Of Speed Records

by Rafael Hernandez on October 17, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s new solid state drives are capturing quite a bit of attention for their good performance, reliability compared to platter based hard drives, and a trusted brand name pushing some new technology is bound to garner it some good press….

Read more Intel SSDs in RAID 0, Yes It's Fast