Tag: hard drives
Lenovo RapidBoot Extreme Starts Laptops in 10 Seconds – ThinkPad T420s (Video)
Lenovo is boasting a new technology called RapidBoot Extreme that starts up a system in about ten seconds, thanks to SSD storage and some interesting prioritization of the various elements in the computer as it makes them available for use after booting up the system. With the help of two celebrities – Danica Patrick of [...]
Samsung’s 1 TB Platters Hints at 4 TB Hard Drives
Samsung has successfully crammed 1 TB of storage on a single hard drive platter, which could result in desktop drives reaching 4 TB of storage at a maximum per drive, up from the 3 TB capacity on today’s model. Current hard drives sport a maximum of 750 GB per platter, which yields 3 TB of [...]
Seagate Announces FreeAgent GoFlex for Mac Drives
Seagate announced the GoFlex for Mac collection of external drives at CES 2011. The drives are nearly identical to the GoFlex drives that have been available at retail for quite some time, except they are HFS+ formatted, allowing Mac users to start using them without having to go through the hassle of reformatting them. The GoFlex [...]
Black Friday Best Buy Computer Accessory Deals
On Black Friday Best Buy will be offering big discounts on everything from laptops to HDTVs. In addition there will be a slew of other electronics and accessories available with significant discounts. Here are the best Black Friday deals we found for computer accessories at Best Buy. We also have a list for mobile phones and accessories [...]
Toshiba Announces Canvio 3.0 Hard Drives with USB 3.0 Support
Toshiba has announced a new line of USB 3.0 Hard drives, the Toshiba Canvio 3.0 External Hard Drive, that are available starting today from $119. These external USB 3.0 hard drives are part of the Canvio line of hard drives and come in 3 different sizes starting at 500GB. The Toshiba Canvio 3.0 hard drives are capable [...]
Seagate 1.5 TB GoFlex Portable Drive Introduced, Giveaway
Seagate announced the 1.5TB FreeAgent GoGlex portable drive. The portable drive comes with a USB 3.0 cable and is compatible with Seagate’s GoFlex eSata and FireWire 800 adapters, allowing it to transfer files via the quickest connection on each user’s Mac or PC. Seagate GoFlex portable drives with lower capacities come with USB 20 cables. [...]
Toshiba Wipe Technology Erases Hard Drive Remotely
Toshiba, maker of notebook hard drives, is announcing a new technology that will erase your hard drive when someone tampers with it. Wipe for Toshiba Self-Encrypting Drive models will remove your data securely when the computer shuts down or when the drive is removed from the Notebook. The primary focus here is for IT professionals [...]
Upgrading the new Apple MacBook Pros
The new Apple MacBook Pro notebooks were just released this week, and already there is a company offering storage and memory modifications. A company called Other World Computing has announced DDR3 1066Mhz memory upgrades for up to 8GB and 2.5″ internal hard drive upgrades to 1TB. According to the press release, ” OWC Memory and [...]
Western Digital Unveils My Passport AV HDD
Western Digital has announced the availability of the My Passport AV Portable Media Drive. This new drive, from one of the biggest hard drive manufacturers, is designed for video, media storage and playback. Specifically, the My Passport AV portable HDD works with Game consoles, Blu-ray Disc players, Camcorder, compatible AV devices, TV, Media players and [...]
Thin is in- Seagate launches world’s thinnest hardrive for laptops and netbooks
When it comes to new laptops and netbooks, thin is in. Users want them easy to use, but thin and lightweight. Enter Seagate and the new Momentus Thin drive, the world’s thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive. It stands at 7 millimeters tall, comes in 250 GB and 160 GB and includes an eight megabyte cache, [...]
