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  • Intel launches $125 'affordable' SSD

    This capability is commonly referred to as a boot drive, since the SSD accelerates boot or start-up time.For example, with the X25-V's 40GB of boot drive capacity, a user could load the SSD with Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, along with…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Ssd • Solidstate • Sec • Microsoft Office • Capacities • Boot

  • Intel fixes drive bricking firmware update for flash drives

    After pulling a firmware upgrade for its X25-M consumer solid state drive last month due to user complaints, Intel indicated that it would be re-issuing the upgrade by the end of this month.On a user support forum on the company's website, a…
    19 November 2009
    Tags: Solid State • Firmware • Complaints • Ssd • Toolbox • Optimiser

  • Intel promises fix for SSD firmware bug

    The decision by Intel to stop the firmware's availability was due to various reports, including several disgruntled forum posts, that the software was bricking certain users drives.Updating promised to make the X25-M series of SSDs more efficient…
    10 November 2009
    Tags: Fix • Availability • Supply • Firmware • Ssd • Solidstate

  • Intel solid drive update crashes Windows 7

    Intel has pulled a firmware upgrade it released on Monday for its X25-M consumer solid-state drives as users complained that the software caused crashes.The company on Monday made available a software package, SSD Toolbox, to monitor and manage…
    28 October 2009
    Tags: Installing • Consumer • Bug • Error • Named • Comment

  • Intel boosts flash performance in Windows 7

    Intel announced the availability of a tool kit to optimise the performance of its X25-M consumer class solid state disk (SSD) drive with the Windows 7 operating system.The Intel SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimiser and firmware update was created…
    27 October 2009
    Tags: Consumer • Optimise • Class • Enhancements • Health • Firmware

  • HP prepares desktop PCs for Windows 7 with faster SSDs

    HP prepares desktop PCs for Windows 7 with faster SSDs Eric Lai HP Compaq's 6005 Pro will sport a 64GB SSD news When doing random reads and writes, the Samsung drive is rated at a maximum of 27.4 MB per second and 4.2 MB per second, respectively…
    15 September 2009
    Tags: Hard Drives • Boot • Modes • Ssd • Ssds • Solidstate

Latest Features

  • How to buy a new PC: The specs

    The cost-per-gigabyte is still far greater for SSDs than for traditional hard drives, but prices have come down, and performance has improved. If you're looking for quad-core performance on a budget, AMD-based offerings are certainly worth a look…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Vary • Shopping • Shape • Opt • Hard Drives • Clock

  • Smartbook: the ultimate evolution of the netbook?

    Fortunately, solid state technology is improving apace, making SSDs affordable standard equipment for smartbooks.Security is a natural concern with any portable computer, so the SSD should be combined with whole drive encryption technology to give…
    08 December 2009
    Tags: User Interface • Battery Life • Smartphones • Inexpensive • Eric • Usability

  • Microsoft shows off Windows 7 on portables

    The company is bandying the term "executive bling" around, and the description isn't far from the mark.With prices hovering between £1,300 and £1,800 (including one or two SSDs and an external optical drive), the Latitude Z line offers touch and…
    16 October 2009
    Tags: Inch • Packs • Boot • Notebooks • Metal • Material

  • Upgrade to Windows 7 or buy a new PC?

    For instance, Windows 7 has extensive multi-touch support, and you may want a multi-touch monitor or track pad to take advantage of it.Windows 7 is also the first Microsoft OS to include native enhancements for SSDs.
    24 September 2009
    Tags: Advisor • Apps • Faced • Cpu • Readying • Multitouch

  • Windows 7 could lend boost to SSDs

    The new generation of solid-state drives could chaneg the way that user think about changing disks - particularly when Windows 7 is going to offer native support for SSDs. After all, Windows 7 is the first Microsoft OS to include native…
    28 July 2009
    Tags: Solid State • Fail • Hard Disk • Dollar • Ssd • Ssds

  • Which operating system is best for SSDs?

    It might be hard for the purists to take, but according to recent tests, Microsoft's ageing Windows 2000 manages to wrest the best performance out of SSDs Solid-state disk (SSD) drive architecture can play a big role in how fast a computer boots…
    12 December 2008
    Tags: Flash Memory • Hard Drive • Mac Os • Boot • Spin • Manufacturer
 

How-Tos

  • How to switch to a flash storage drive

    Prices on solid-state drives are dropping, and operating systems (particularly Windows 7) are beginning to take advantage of the potential higher speeds of SSDs, so it's a good time to consider slapping one in your computer.
    03 December 2009
    Tags: Installing • Ata • Boot • Netbook • Netbooks • Operating Systems

Reviews

  • Dell Precision M6500

    Typically, systems that combine HDDs and SSDs dedicate the latter to the operating system to accelerate boot-up. In fact, system heat created discomfort before the weight did.I ran the traditional benchmark set, including SPEC Viewperf, Cinebench…
    06 January 2010
    Tags: Adapter • Clock • Weight • Guidelines • Jack • Workstations

  • Dell Latitude Z600 laptop

    And 720p video installed on one 128GB solid state drive (our machine came configured with two SSDs) runs smoothly, a small triumph for the integrated Intel 4500MHD GPU, no doubt.Under the hood of this test rig: A 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9600 CPU…
    12 October 2009
    Tags: Panel • Inch • Battery Life • Charging • Pdf • Arm

  • 15in Apple MacBook Pro (summer 2009) review

    With SSD you're definitely paying more per gigabyte than with a traditional drive, but if you can afford it, the tradeoff in overall ruggedness, system response and power use - SSDs have no moving parts and generally need less power - is worth it…
    17 June 2009
    Tags: Pictures • Icon • Opt • Hard Drives • Nvidia • Brightness

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