Hard Drives Archive

  • The Dell Latitude E6410 and E6510 bring Core i5, Core i7, and discrete graphics

    The Dell Latitude E6410 and E6510 bring Core i5, Core i7, and discrete graphics

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Dell has been building notebooks under the Latitude nameplate, well, forever, right? It seems that way, but the series keeps trucking on as the company continues to load the latest goods onto the platform. The E6410 and E6510 builds upon the success of the previous generation but ditches the 2009 specs for chips that are a bit more 2010.

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  • Samsung Spinpoint MP4: A 2.5-inch 640GB 7200 RPM drive meant for us

    Samsung Spinpoint MP4: A 2.5-inch 640GB 7200 RPM drive meant for us

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Doesn't it seem like 2.5-inch hard drives have been stuck at 500GB for a while? Well, Samsung is the latest to announce its next-gen hard drive platform and while it doesn't have the same 750GB capacity as WD's latest 5400 RPM drive, we'll take the Sammy's 7200 RPM speed with a little less storage any day.

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  • Western Digital Velociraptor SATA 3.0 hard drives are the fastest money can buy

    Western Digital Velociraptor SATA 3.0 hard drives are the fastest money can buy

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    It's like Christmas morning for PC enthusiasts today. Western Digital has released its SATA 3.0 (that's a maximum transfer rate of 6.0 Gb/s, which translates to 768 MB/s) Velociraptor hard drives. The Velociraptor name basically means "OMG FAST!" when it comes to hard drives. The thing is, unlike the last time Western Digital released Velociraptor hard drives, two years ago, solid state drives are on the market, and they're clearly faster than even the fastest traditional hard drive. Doesn't matter: if you're looking for absolute, top-of-the-line performance when it comes to traditional hard drives, it looks like these new Velociraptors are the way to go.

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  • Amazon’s convenient packaging hates hard drives

    Amazon’s convenient packaging hates hard drives

    Posted on March 30, 2010 | No Comments
    I like Amazon's "frustration free" packaging. When I ordered my copy of Command & Conquer 4, it came in that easy to open package, and it makes sense: why put a dvd in a box with a bag of air, and waste all that shipping? Would I trust a hard drive to that packaging? No way in hell.

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  • Dell is now taking orders for powerhouse Precision M4500 15.6-inch notebook

    Dell is now taking orders for powerhouse Precision M4500 15.6-inch notebook

    Posted on March 30, 2010 | No Comments
    The Dell Precision M4500 is serious. Seriously powerful and expensive that is with the Core i7-920XM Extreme CPU and an Nvidia Quadro FX 1800m GPU along with a max of 16GB of RAM and dual SSD hard drives. But even the base $1,549 model still offers enough power to get most any task done with CPU cycles to spare.

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  • The Century USB 3.0 2.5-inch HDD enclosure lets you test USB 3.0’s water

    The Century USB 3.0 2.5-inch HDD enclosure lets you test USB 3.0’s water

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    USB 3.0 hard drives are little on the expensive side right now. But there’s a new option in town that will let you give the faster interface a-go with a spare hard drive. The external enclosure has USB 3.0 interface and a screw-less design. Simply insert a drive you have laying around, snap together the case, and enjoy [...]

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  • Asus adding USB 3.0 to entire PC line

    Asus adding USB 3.0 to entire PC line

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
    USB 3.0 is quickly on the road to becoming a standard issue item and Asus is helping it along in a big way. The computer manufacturer just announced that its adding the faster interface to every PC computer it makes. Yup, that includes Eee netbooks and the Eee box. Of course not all of these products [...]

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  • Buffalo boards the USB 3.0 train with the MiniStation Cobalt

    Buffalo boards the USB 3.0 train with the MiniStation Cobalt

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The Western Digital MyBook 3.0 and Seagate BlackArmor PS110 have company. No longer are those two hard drives tasked with holding up USB 3.0's banner because the Buffalo MiniStation Cobalt is launching in April and is ready to help along the cause.

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  • Review: Plextor 128GB SSD

    Review: Plextor 128GB SSD

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    All the cool kids are playing SSDs these days. So much so that every manufacturer wants of piece of the sweet cherry pie. Even Plextor who was previously known as an optical drive/media company has a set of 64GB and 128GB SSDs available now. Too bad these options tastes more like a supermart-made pie than [...]

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  • Hard drive design leaving XP behind

    Hard drive design leaving XP behind

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Bad news for the XP diehards out there, hard drive manufacturers are tired of supporting you, and the next generation of controller technology is not going to work properly with DOS and Windows XP users. Of course it won't be a major issue until 2011, and maybe not even then.

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  • The coolest clock you’re going to see today: strobing LED hard drive digital clock

    The coolest clock you’re going to see today: strobing LED hard drive digital clock

    Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Making clocks out of hard drives isn't anything new. The hard drive platters make nice shiny backgrounds for your traditional analog clock, and provides just a little geek panache to an ordinary timepiece. This new strobing LED hard drive digital clock really takes things to the next level, though, as you can see in the video inside.

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  • GameStop selling 250GB Xbox 360 drive

    GameStop selling 250GB Xbox 360 drive

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Well lookie at that, GameStop is selling a 250GB Xbox 360 drive separately from a console. Microsoft has said in the past that they don't plan on selling the larger drives without a bundle, so I doubt these are a new or official product, but rather GameStop coming up with something on their own.

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  • A look at Nepal’s equivalent of CES

    A look at Nepal’s equivalent of CES

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    BB has some great images from Nepal’s CAN InfoTech, a 17-year-old tech trade show. It had 238 stalls where folks were flogging amazing 8TB hard drives and the three year old Nokia N81. It’s absolutely laudable that these guys are doing what they’re doing. Outside of Western Europe, CE manufacturers tend to ignore the rest of [...]

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  • The Apogee Astro Drive Series A101 from Chaintech is apparently the world’s smallest USB 3.0 drive

    The Apogee Astro Drive Series A101 from Chaintech is apparently the world’s smallest USB 3.0 drive

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    USB 3.0 is finally getting some traction in the market place as more products are announced from more manufacturers. Chaintech just intro'd its first USB 3.0 drive and slapped the notorious "world's smallest" label on it, which is probably true although a bit disingenuous as there's only about three USB 3.0 flash drives available right now.

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  • Review: Netgear Stora

    Review: Netgear Stora

    Posted on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Short Version: Hard drives that claim to do it all are a dime-a-dozen. Finally, however, I’ve found one that delivers on those claims. Features: Mac/Windows/Linux compatability Built-in Windows Networking, UPnP features Web accessible sharing Two SATA/SATA II compatible slots USB 2.0 port supports USB HDD or printers Pros: Small size Expandable Seamless Windows Networking Cons: Front panel is flimsy Some web UI issues Obtrusive app loads at login Review: We’ve seen [...]

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