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Review: MyDigitalSSD 64GB 50mm Bullet Proof mSATA SSD

James Diaz — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:30:12 +0000

Solid State Disks come in all shapes and sizes, offering low power, quieter, and faster storage alternatives to traditional hard drives. But they also tend to be more expensive. MyDigitalDiscount's latest line of SSDs are relatively inexpensive solutions given the price. The online retailer has been producing a line of SSDs for netbooks, notebooks, and tablets as part of its MyDigitalSSD line...

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Review of Renice K3VLAR 50mm mSATA SSD

James Diaz — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:15:10 +0000

Since my last review of a Renice Technology Mini PCIe form factor solid state disk the company has upped it's line of Mini PCIe form factor SSDs to include the Renice K3VLAR 50MM mSATA SSD, which adds Renice to the still small but growing list of companies now producing mSATA drives. Typical of many mSATA drives, the Renice mSATA is...

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SanDisk launches new SSD storage for tablets, notebooks, phones

Brad Linder — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:45:37 +0000

SanDisk is launching several new flash storage modules for notebooks and mobile devices. First up is the company's new U100 SSD with read speeds up to 450MB/sec and write speeds up to 340MB/sec. The U100 is a SATA III card designed for thin notebooks and mobile devices. It will come in a number of different form factors including 2.5 inch...

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MyDigitalSSD launches “Bullet Proof” storage for notebooks, tablets

Brad Linder — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:06:44 +0000

MyDigitalSSD has launched a new line of mSATA solid state disks which are designed to work with laptops ant tablets including the Asus Eee Slate EP121, Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E220s, and Google Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook. The new MyDigitalSSd Bullet Proof solid state disks are available in sizes ranging from 32GB to 128GB and offer read speeds up to 270MB/s...

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480GB SSD upgrade for the MacBook Air costs more than a MacBook Air

Brad Linder — Thu, 05 May 2011 22:00:46 +0000

Other World Computing is offering a new line of solid state disk upgrades for the MacBook Air. The company will sell you a 180GB, 240GB, 360GB, or 480GB disk, with the top of the line model offering almost twice as much storage as you can get with a standard 13 inch MacBook Air. Unfortunately the 480GB SSD also costs about...

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Western Digital to buy Hitachi Global Storage

Brad Linder — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:00:23 +0000

The number of top tier hard drive and solid state disk makers shrinks by one today, with the announcement that Western Digital is acquiring Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. The deal is worth about $4.3 billion, and it gives Hitachi Storage's parent company (Hitachi Ltd) a share in Western Digital and two seats on the company's boards. What does this mean...

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Super Talent Announces New Small and Fast PCI Bus Gen 2 SSDs

James Diaz — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:09:28 +0000

Super Talent, a company probably best known for their budget Solid State Drives and Flash Memory drives, has announced a new CoreStore TM line of SSD solutions. The new drives use the latest Marvel controller (88NV9143) with new DDR ONFi 2 flash memory. And unlike most SSDs, which utilize a standard SATA interface, the Core Store MP and Core Store...

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Archos 9 Windows slate to get an SSD update

Brad Linder — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:30:14 +0000

The Archos 9 is a Windows 7 slate computer with an 8.9 inch touchscreen display and a 60GB hard drive... or at least that's true of the version you can buy today. But the folks at Blogee report that the Archos 9 is about to get an update that will replace the hard drive for a 32GB solid state disk....

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Active Media launches 1.8 inch solid state disk for small computers

Brad Linder — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:31:30 +0000

Last year Active Media introduced the SaberTooth ZT line of 1.8 inch ZIF solid state disks for netbooks, notebooks and tablets with 1.8 inch drives. Now the company has launched an updated model called the SaberTooth ZF which offers faster read speeds at a low price. The ZF series solid state disks come in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB models. The...

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OCZ drops out of the RAM market to focus on SSDs

Brad Linder — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:51:47 +0000

OCZ Technology has announced that it will stop producing computer memory, instead focusing on solid state disk storage. The company will exit the DRAM module space by February 28th. While OCZ isn't exactly a household name, the company makes pretty well-respected computer products including desktop and laptop memory, SSDs, power supplies, flash drives, and peripherals. But ultimately, it looks like...

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Intel SSD 310 Series now available for notebooks, tablets, and more

Brad Linder — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:36:07 +0000

Intel has launched a new solid state disks that it says is 1/8th the size of the company's X25 SSDs while offering similar or better performance. The Intel SSD 310 is a small form factor solid state disk, It look s like a mini PCI Express cad, but actually uses a SATA (or rather, mSATA) interface. The Intel SSD 310...

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PhotoFast halts sale of MacBook Air SSD upgrades

Brad Linder — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:27:43 +0000

Last month a company called PhotoFast started offering the first storage upgrade kits for Apple's new MacBook Air models. The SSDs were designed to fit the MacBook Air, and offered customers who purchased the cheaper 11.6 inch laptop the opportunity to install a 256GB disk. Apple only offers that model with 64GB or 128GB options. Now it looks like PhotoFast...

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Testing Renice-Tech’s new Mini PCI-E 70mm SandForce SSD for Eee PCs

James Diaz — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:01:54 +0000

So far, the best performing Mini PCIe solid state disk for Asus Eee PC netbooks that use SSDs has been the Runcore Pro IV series, with the Indilinx controller. This is due in part to the fact that up until now, no one else has utilized a better controller for a Mini PCI-E SSD. But this has changed with the...

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More ultrathin notebooks on the way? Toshiba unveils Blade X-gale SSD series

Brad Linder — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:22:58 +0000

The new MacBook Air notebooks are ridiculously thin, measuring just 0.68 inches at the thicket point and 0.11 inches at the thinnest. One of the reasons Apple was able to make the laptops that thin was the move away from traditional hard drives or 2.5 inch solid state disks. Instead, Apple went with tiny solid state disks that look more...

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PhotoFast offers SSD upgrades for the new MacBook Air

Brad Linder — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:57:48 +0000

Sure, the recently launched MacBook Air mini-laptop from Apple has a super fast solid state disk which is smaller, lighter, and faster than a typical hard drive, helping the computer boot OS X in just 15 seconds and resume from sleep pretty much instantly. But wouldn't it be ncie if it were, I don't know, say... 30% faster? A company...

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