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SSDs won't replace hard drives anytime soon
“Solid state drives are one of the hot technologies of the day. However, ‘hotness’ and ‘the cloud’ aside, look for hard drives to maintain their importance for months to come. No, make that years to come,” Dennis Sellers reports for MacNews.“Maximum areal...
The Case For A MacBook Pro Without An Optical Drive
Do we really need an optical drive anymore? When Apple introduced the MacBook Air without an optical drive, everyone freaked out. “How on earth will we be able to watch all of our DVDs and listen to our CDs?” cried the internet. And sure, totally disowning physical media with a disk d...
OWC releases Internal SSD DIY kit for iMac
OWC released a do-it-yourself upgrade kit for 2011 27-inch iMac owners that'll let them add an SSD to their current hard drive. The US$45 kit includes all the tools and the power cable needed to add the solid state drive (sold separately).The process requires you to remove the 27-inch glass displ...
Don't buy a new Mac without an SSD or you'll regret it
Lion performance - boot up, file access times, page swapping, context switching...
5 Reasons to Spend More Than $500 on Your Next Laptop [Laptops]
PC laptops can be crazy cheap, but there are lots of good reasons to spend a little more. Our friends at Laptop Magazine explain that you'll get a big boost in performance if you're willing to splurge on better hardware.More »
Benchmark porn star: OWC's scorchingly fast Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G 480GB SSD
The 2011 MacBook Air comes with an unadvertised feature...
Apple to unveil smaller 7.85-inch iPad this year, says anonymous Samsung official
Apple is planning to buy parts worth a record $11 billion from Samsung...
Put The Wasted Space Inside Your New iMac To Good Use With iFixit's Dual Hard Drive Kits
Take apart one of Apple’s latest iMacs and inside you’ll find plenty of space for mounting an additional hard drive. Of course, it’s useless if you don’t have the tools for the job, but that’s where iFixit comes in. The teardown specialists have released a new kit t...
DevJuice: Can I move Xcode off my main drive?
Dear Dev Juice, Now that Xcode 4.3 is supposed to live in /Applications, can I move it off my main drive? I used to have it on my secondary, because I have a fast SSD as my primary. Also, where are all the files located, like the simulator? John Dear John, At over 3 GB, the new Xcode distro is ...
Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive Lightning Review: A Taste of SSD, for Cheap [Momentus XT]
My computer takes too long to boot up. Around a minute and 18 seconds, to be precise(r). Which is why I want a solid state drive. But I don't want to pay ~$400 for 256 gigs of storage. Enter Seagate's Momentus X Hybrid drives, which promise near-SSD speeds, but with giant HDD storage—and no...
