Category | storage

Fastest Netbook Disk Ever? (Runcore Pro IV SSD in Gigabyte Touchnote.)

Posted on 04 May 2009

I’ve just installed the new Runcore Pro IV SATA-2 SSD drive into my Gigabyte Touchnote. I think we’re looking at one of the fastest disks ever to be seen in a netbook…

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Runcore Pro IV SATA SSD with USB enclosure announced.

Posted on 02 May 2009

I haven’t done much work with SSD upgrades since my CF conversion on the Q1 Ultra which, seriously, unleashed the device from the slow hard drive and turned it into a different kind of UMPC. Since then I’ve been watching…

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SDXC standard pushes speed and storage limits.

Posted on 07 January 2009

SD cards have always been handy items for the mobile user. If you’ve got a set of kit that uses it, it’s often the quickest way to transfer large amounts of data but with the SDHC limits being way below…

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Win EeePC and Dell Mini SSDs at JKKMobile

Posted on 19 December 2008

Don’t waste time reading this, get on over to JKKMobile where you’ve got a chance to win an SSD.

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Take 20 to learn all about SSDs

Posted on 19 November 2008

JKK kicks off his ‘SSD-Week’ with a highly recommended 18-minute video introducing solid state disks (SSD), their advantages, the difference between MLC and SLC, explaining wear-levelling and the different connectors available. He gives some recommendations about read and write speeds…

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JKK’s SSD week.

Posted on 17 November 2008

You’ve read the theory, now hear the reality about how SSDs work together with modern netbooks and UMPCs.

JKK has a bunch of SSD articles lined up this week in his sites ‘SSD Week.’ Testing, Q&A and from what I’ve…

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SSD pros and Cons from Allegiance Tablet PC Experts

Posted on 11 November 2008

John Hill, the CEO of Allegiance Tablet PC Experts has blogged a nice list of things to think about when looking at the choice between hard drive and SSD.

I have the Raon Digital Everun note 24GB SSD version in front…

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Samsung SSDs aiming for low cost PC market.

Posted on 27 August 2008

Forget the low cost PC market Samsung, there’s a million people out there that could benefit from a bit of SSD love on their daily compute.

"We’ve refined our manufacturing techniques and redesigned our low-density SSDs to get what the…

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Intel, Sandisk, TDK launch solid state drive solutions for ultra mobiles.

Posted on 03 June 2008

Intel have launched their 4GB and 8GB SSD modules (these aren’t drop-in drive replacements) at 1000-piece prices of $25 and $45 respectively. Although the read-speed is a usable 35MB/s, with a write speed of just 7MB/s, they’re not ideal for the…

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