Tag: ssd
Give Your Non-Retina MacBook A Boost With This Hybrid Drive
Solid state drives are one of the best ways to boost your older Mac’s performance, but not everyone is ready and willing to give up...
SSDs Are Getting Cheap, So It’s Time To Ditch Spinning Disks
Geoff Gasior over at The Tech Report took the time to study the prices of over 25 different SSDs in the past fifteen months. Without...
120 GB Thunderbolt SSD drive ships tomorrow
The market for Thunderbolt devices is out there. We can tell from the incredibly positive response we get whenever we cover a new Thunderbolt gewgaw....
Guess who’s buying most of the semiconductors? Yup, Apple.
According to a report published today by analyst firm Gartner, Apple has become the biggest buyer of semiconductors, surpassing Samsung and HP. In 2011, Gartner...
Elgato and OCZ announce external, solid-state Thunderbolt drives at CES
It sounds like CES is turning into a bit of a Thunderbolt coming out party. Both Elgato and OCZ have announced external solid-state Thunderbolt hard...
Apple buys Anobit for a cool $500 million
Apple has purchased Israeli flash memory technology company Anobit for a reported $500 million. It marks the largest acquisition Apple has made since acquiring NeXT...
Rumor: Apple may add high-speed Flash storage to new MacBook Air
In addition to Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt, the next generation of MacBook Airs may also receive faster Flash storage, according to a new report...
Macworld: i7 SSD iMac fastest Mac ever
The guys in the Macworld lab have tested the top-of-the-line iMac, which is $2,699. With a 27-inch display, a 3.4GHz Core i7 processor and an SSD,...
OWC offers 480GB SSD for the current MacBook Air
Online retailer Other World Computing (OWC) is now offering a massive 480GB Solid State Drive (SSD) for current MacBook Air models. OWC say that the...
Apple is now using faster Samsung SSDs in MacBook Air
Apple is now using what are thought to be Samsung SSDs in the latest MacBook Air models, and according to AnandTech, the later Samsung SSDs...
Quick Tip: Enable TRIM support in OS X
TRIM support is vital for Macs with SSDs installed, as it can greatly increase the longevity of the drive. SSDs naturally don’t handle garbage files...
OS X 10.6 getting SSD TRIM support? Latest MacBook Pros suggest it will.
The latest MacBook Pros may reveal Apple’s plans for future support for SSD TRIM, a function of the operating system which tells the flash drive...
Rumor: New MacBook Pros to include hybrid storage system
According to a new report over at BGR, new MacBook Pros — with a whole new storage system — are right around the corner: …...
Rumor: Macbook Pros getting SSD and Light Peak
Steve Jobs stood on stage during the last Keynote, unveiled the sleek MacBook Air, and then in what seemed like a moment of triumph, told...
Toshiba Announces Blade-Type SSD Modules
The MacBook Airs released at Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event last month are built on flash-memory, just like the company’s iOS devices. Benefits of...
(Solid) State of the Union
One of the more common complaints that I’ve been hearing about the Macbook Air (and I’m not referring to its slower processor, lack of optical...