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Hard Drive

Freecom Mobile Drive Mg Review

The Freecom Mobile Drive Mg is no ordinary 2.5" external drive. It's a thing of beauty. Intended to complement Apple's MacBooks, the slimline Mobile Drive has a magnesium body that looks and feels great. The icing on the cake is that it's USB 3. I've seen lots of external drives but this is the one you want. Even the packaging

Seagate Momentous XT Hybrid Solid State Hard Drive

Want to give your tired old computer a speed boost? Listen up -- this is a good one! A few days ago my 17” MacBook Pro shut down a couple of times due to overheating issues, so I ended up taking it to the local Mac dealer to get it cleaned out – a truck is a surprisingly dirty operating

Buffalo USB 3.0 Interface ExpressCard Review

If your laptop is like mine and pre-dates USB 3 but you want to use USB 3 devices at their full speed, then you might be interested in the Buffalo USB 3.0 Interface ExpressCard (IFC-EC2U3/UC). It's an ExpressCard/34 size device, with two USB 3.0 ports on the side. The card will also plug into in ExpressCard/54 slot. If needed for

GoFlex Slim Performance Drive Review

I have been using a Seagate GoFlex Slim Performance Drive for the past few days.  While external hard drives are a dime a dozen, this is one of the first USB 3.0 with 2.o fallback that I have been able to play with.  This drive can be used with a PC or a Mac, and has a high performance 7200

La Cie and Thunderbolt

If you depend on moving a lot of data around and are looking for ways to move it faster then the Thunderbolt technology (formerly Light Peak) is something that should be of  interest to you. Companies and individuals who work in the area of video editing and transfer will be one of the first groups that will take advantage of

OWC — Other World Computing — High Performance Aftermarket SSD Drives

Grant Dahlke from Other World Computing aka MacSales.com introduces Sandforce processor-based high capacity, high-performance SSD (solid state drive) hard drives for computers such as Apple's Macbook Air that are up to three times larger and up to 22% faster than the drive than Apple's OEM drive. They also have a line of drives for older IDE and ATA machines, which

Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition

If you are in the market for a new external hard drive (and which of us isn't buying one regularly these days?) then Iomega may have one you will want to look at.  Just announced at CES is the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition.  It is intended for both home and small business users and features the