solid state

by Rafael Hernandez on August 28, 2009 · 0 comments

You know the deal by now…solid state drives are fast, much faster than the conventional rotating platters of the past, but not all of them are created equal. There are differences in the differing controllers and flash chips they use…

Read more Kingston SSDNow V+, insanely fast storage

by Rafael Hernandez on June 10, 2009 · 0 comments

PhotoFast is stepping up their solid state drive offerings with new entries into the expresscard and 3.5″ drive markets. First up their new ExpressCard/54 solid state drive offers up:The new drive comes in 32, 48, and 64GB flavors, has a…

Read more PhotoFast ExpressCard / 3.5" G-Monster SATA SSDs Announced

by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2009 · 0 comments

There was a time when every single component in a notebook computer was a generation or so behind what could be found on desktop computers, nowadays you’ll find feature parity in almost every category outside of the latest and greatest…

Read more Notebook SSD Upgrades, Are They Viable?

by Rafael Hernandez on March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The solid state drive market is beginning to see a slew of new products and with it being a relatively new market the first goes at the technology will likely encounter a few bugs to be worked out.Intel and OCZ…

Read more State Of The SSD, Intel And OCZ Get The Firmwares Out

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 January 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The solid state disk’s days as a niche product held back by tiny storage sizes may soon be over. G.Skill’s TITAN 256GB SSD drive pushes the storage and speed envelope while keeping prices at a reasonable enough level where it…

Read more G.Skill TITAN 256GB SSD, Tempting Isn't It

by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2009 · 0 comments

The early reservations many people have had with solid state disk drives are the extremely high prices usually attached to them, well that’s all about to change. SanDisk has announced their new G3 lineup of 1.8″ and 2.5″ SSD products…

Read more SanDisk Launches New SSD Lineup, Your Wallet Will Seem Much Lighter