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OCZ Vertex 2 Pro SSD previewed: awesome, and could do with some 6Gbps SATA love
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on January 1st, 2010
OCZ Vertex 2 Pro SSD previewed: awesome, and could do with some 6Gbps SATA love originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 28th, 2009
We've already seen that early builds of Google's Chromium OS can be hacked onto existing machines, but those Chrome OS netbooks that the software giant has planned for next year have remained curiously elusive until now. According to both IBTimes and Netbook News, the company is in talks with a number of outfits in order to bring at least a few sub-$300 options to the market that are well suited to power through its first non-mobile operating system. For starters, we're told that the 10.1-inch machine will be ARM-based, while NVIDIA's Tegra platform (likely the second generation) steers the graphical ship. There's also promise of a multitouch panel (1,280 x 720 resolution), 64GB SSD, WiFi, 2GB of RAM, integrated 3G connectivity, Bluetooth, an Ethernet jack, an undisclosed amount of USB sockets, webcam, 3.5mm audio jack, a multi-card reader, a 4- or 6-cell battery and optional GPS. Wilder still, a $200 configuration could very well pop up, and it looks as if (at least initially) Google will sell the device(s) directly through its own website -- much like Fusion Garage has done with the Joojoo tablet. 'Course, it'll still take some arm twisting to get the low-end crowd to try anything not labeled "Windows," but if anyone can do it, it's the company that inexplicably kept Gmail in "beta" for over five years.Google's Chrome OS-based netbook specs leak out originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Netbook News | IBTimes | Email this | Comments Sony considered SSD, network storage for PS3 Slim
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 14th, 2009
Could the the PS3 Slim have been even slimmer? It could have, according to Sony's Masayuki Chatani, but it would've cost you. That word comes from a wide-ranging interview Chatani gave to Tech-On!, in which he revealed (seemingly for the first time) that Sony had considered using SSD drives or even network storage to further reduce the size of the console. SSD drives were ultimately rejected, as you might have guessed, due to cost reasons, and Chatani says that network storage ultimately proved to still be simply too impractical for a game console. He also said that the PS3 could have been made slimmer if Sony had just left the power supply on the outside, but that would have "imposed restrictions on transport and use, making it harder to use freely." Not a whole lot in the way of big revelations otherwise, but you can check out the complete interview at the link below.Sony considered SSD, network storage for PS3 Slim originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 14th, 2009
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Origin's Eon18 gaming laptop reviewed, found to be a great performer, not a great value originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Laptop | Email this | Comments Prototype SATA 6Gbps SSD gets benchmarked: yessir, it’s hasty
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 13th, 2009
Prototype SATA 6Gbps SSD gets benchmarked: yessir, it's hasty originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |PC Perspective | Email this | Comments Seagate Dips a Toe Into Solid State Drives
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Technology on December 12th, 2009
Seagate Pulsar SSD now out
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 12th, 2009
Seagate’s latest foray into the world of SSDs has resulted in the Seagate Pulsar drive, making it the first product in its new enterprise solid state drive (SSD) family. The Pulsar was specially designed for enterprise blade and general server applications, where it relies on single-level cell (SLC) technology to deliver up to 200GB capacity. Despite all the storage space within, it was built in a 2.5-” small form factor with a SATA interface.
According to Dave Reinsel, IDC group vice president, “To deliver and serve the enterprise SSD marketplace effectively, it is critical for suppliers to understand the needs of their storage system customers with respect to design, manufacturing, supply chain delivery, and support. With its well-established OEM and eco-system relationships and a long history of serving global storage OEMs, Seagate is in a unique position to fortify its leading enterprise storage position with its entry into the enterprise solid state storage market.”
The Pulsar SSD is no slouch when it comes to high level performance that many companies and organizations ask for, where it delivers the necessary performance, reliability and endurance which are able to match the application environments of enterprise blade and general servers. Capable of hitting a peak performance of up to 30,000 read IOPS and 25,000 write IOPS, 240MB/s sequential read and 200 MB/s sequential write, the Pulsar’s SLC-based design helps optimize reliability and endurance while providing a .44% AFR rating with a 5-year limited warranty. To make sure your data remains safer within, the Pulsar drive leverages Seagate’s enterprise storage expertise which helps it prevent data loss just in case of a power failure.
Seagate has already started to ship Pulsar units to selected OEMs in September 2009, and the company holds the distinction of being the first enterprise HDD vendoe to deliver an enterprise-class SSD solution. Gues we are all looking forward to what the Pulsar can do for those with large organizations and want nothing more than reliability as well as performance crammed in a single solution, eh?
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Seagate’s first Pulsar SSDs ready to blast the enterprise
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 8th, 2009
Seagate's first Pulsar SSDs ready to blast the enterprise originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Hot Hardware | Email this | Comments Kingston 40GB SSDNow review
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 2nd, 2009
From the moment that we heard of the the new 40GB Kingston SSD, we couldn’t help but get our hopes up. Who knows if (or more likely, when) SSD drives will ever completely replace spinning platters with all the digital media people collect today, so rather than stretching your budget and compressing your media in order to stuff everything onto a 256GB solid state drive, we dug the idea of snagging a small (and affordable) SSD for boot / application operations and utilizing a spacious HDD for archival. Not to mention — regardless of how fast a disk is — two are almost always better than one. If you’re interested in rigging up a similar setup, hop on past the break to have a look at our impressions.
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Kingston 40GB SSDNow review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Intel SSD firmware 02HD brings back Trim support, sans bugs
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 2nd, 2009
Intel’s 34nm X25-M G2 drives might not’ve had the most peaceful of existences so far, but you can’t fault the company’s efforts to fix whatever maladies have popped up. The latest firmware update from Santa Clara brings back the lauded Trim support, but this time leaves the drive-killing antics behind. User experiences so far have been positive, though unsurprisingly a couple of people have questioned whether Trim is in fact enabled on their drives — clearly, the difference between fast and really, really fast is not as distinguishable as we like to think. The source link will provide you with the latest firmware update tool and the precious new code — if you dare risk it.
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Intel SSD firmware 02HD brings back Trim support, sans bugs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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