Ssd 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

    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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  • OCZ outs its 4th-gen PCI-Express SSD, the Z-Drive R2

    OCZ outs its 4th-gen PCI-Express SSD, the Z-Drive R2

    OCZ just rolled out the deets about its latest PCI-Express-powered SSD and man is it impressive. Forgot about that WD Velociraptor SATA 3.0 drive announced a few minutes ago, the new Z-Drive RS leaves that one back in the Jurassic Period.

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  • The Inkia MID500n shows love and affection by cloning the Viliv S5

    The Inkia MID500n shows love and affection by cloning the Viliv S5

    People love the Viliv S5. It's a highly portable 4.8-inch Windows XP slate with 3G wireless, a webcam, and a GPS. It's great. Inkia obviously thought so too as the MID500n is nearly an exact, although a bit less powerful, copy of the S5.

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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

    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 Origin EON15 is the ugly ducking of gaming notebooks

    The Origin EON15 is the ugly ducking of gaming notebooks

    The Origin EON15 gaming notebook is a computer after our own hearts. Instead of a crazy and so-called radical computer case that the company no doubt spent too much money developing, the Origin EON15 is packaged in a no-frills casing. This means more power for the money, kids. And we like the cheap power.

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  • Review: Viliv S10 Blade convertible netbook

    Review: Viliv S10 Blade convertible netbook

    I hate it when a product like the Viliv S10 Blade looks so good as a concept but fails to live up to its potential. The S10 has a late-model Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a multitouch 10-inch screen. Should be solid, right? Wrong. Features Multitouch resistive touchscreen Convertible design 32GB or 64GB SSD Intel Atom Z530 or Z550 [...]

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  • The HP EliteBook 8740w: DreamScreen and Core i7 and USB 3.0, oh my

    The HP EliteBook 8740w: DreamScreen and Core i7 and USB 3.0, oh my

    The HP EliteBooks have always been, well, elite and the new 17-inch 8740w cements that claim even more. Graphic designers, CAD users, video dudes, HP made this one for professionals like you. An array of Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs are available with the 1.73GHz 820QM as the top-tier option while either a 1GB  Nvidia Quadro and ATI [...]

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  • The Archos 9 PC Tablet makes room for the Atom Z515 CPU

    The Archos 9 PC Tablet makes room for the Atom Z515 CPU

    Isn't it grand when companies somewhat silently update their products with new hardware but keeps the previous price. That's just what Archos did with the 9 PC Tablet. Overnight it went from the Intel Atom Z510 1.1GHz CPU to the Z515 1.2GHz Atom with Hyper-Threading and Intel Burst Performance Technology. It's a nice little spec bump, actually.

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  • Dynamism announces its Viliv S10 promotions

    Dynamism announces its Viliv S10 promotions

    Dynamism is great about launching products with a bang. Just like every other Viliv product, the retailers has a special event planned for the S10 convertable netbook. Starting March 25 at 1 PM EDT buyers of the 64GB SSD model will get a spare battery and an $70 instant rebate. That makes $180 in savings, kids. Stay tuned for our full S10 review. It should be up before the special event starts Wednesday.

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  • iBUYPOWER announces 4 systems using the i7 980X processors

    iBUYPOWER announces 4 systems using the i7 980X processors

    iBUYPOWER announced today its latest, 4 new "Paladin" systems using the i7 980x processors. These new systems come with iBUYPOWER's free liquid CPU cooling, and you can request that the CPU be overclocked and tested before being shipped out.

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  • Review: Plextor 128GB SSD

    Review: Plextor 128GB SSD

    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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  • Is the Viliv N5 launching in May?

    Is the Viliv N5 launching in May?

    Viliv's first clamshell is coming soon. We knew that. But the company was previously very quiet about when. Apparently though, the N5 could launch as soon as May. *fingers crossed*

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  • You get what you pay for, with SSDs and just about everything else

    You get what you pay for, with SSDs and just about everything else

    My aunt called last night to ask about a laptop she saw advertised in the weekly circular. It had most of the features she wanted, and was priced lower via the ad than she'd seen online for a similarly configured laptop. This led to a brief discussion of name brand preferences for laptops, and the price differences between them. I had to explain to my aunt that you get what you pay for: a laptop is made up of lots of little parts, each available from a variety of OEMs and distributors. Different brand name laptops use different OEMs and distributors for their parts, so the quality of the individual components inside the laptops vary wildly. Generally speaking, better quality parts cost a bit more, but provide better performance and better reliability. A recent study from DRAMeXchange Technology (who?!) proves this point as it relates to solid state drives.

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  • Seven alternatives to the Apple iPad

    Seven alternatives to the Apple iPad

    Wait! Stop. Before you hand over Apple your credit card and pre-order the iPad, you may want to check out the other touchscreen options available now and in the near future. The iPad isn't the only game in town. Sure, it might have a fancy-pants interface, but each of the follow seven tablets win the hardware fight, which is just as important to a lot of consumers. Of course the hardware only tells part of the story. The iPad has a leg up on all of these options because of the user-friendly iPhone interface, but it's not like you're dropping $600+ on a tablet for your parents, right?

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  • The Dell Precision M4500 brings serious power to the 15.6-inch party

    The Dell Precision M4500 brings serious power to the 15.6-inch party

    Dell made a huge splash back in December when it launched the Core i7 Extreme Precision M6500 beast, but it isn’t exactly a perfect mobile solution weighing in at 8.5 lbs weight and 17-inch screen. The new Precision M4500 aims to solve that dilemma by offering nearly the same power with a Intel Core i7-920XM [...]

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