Where Are The Desktop SSD’s?
I have a Compaq desktop PC that’s a few years old that is handy for tasks such as doing taxes or writing articles with. Unfortunately, it came with Windows Vista. More than a year ago I installed an inexpensive 128…
Aleratec Hard Drive Duplicator at CES
Let’s been honest, it’s not often that the average geek needs to duplicate a single hard drive to five others in a range of physical sizes and capacities. But if you did need to do it, Aleratec have the machine…
Digital Curmudgeon
There’s a dirty little secret about computer performance that is hiding within plain sight. A solid state drive (SSD) will take almost any machine manufactured within the past five to ten years and give it a massive performance boost. I…
Mac Mini Upgrade
I have two Mac Mini’s — one of them I use as a computer, and the other I use as an over-the-air HD-DVR connected to my home theater. I decided to upgrade the machine as I use as a computer…
OWC shows off their latest Apple products
OWC, better known as Other World Computing and also as Mac Sales, was at the recent CES in Las Vegas to show a few of its latest products. Starting with an iPhone case that has been tested (a video is…
Upgrading An Old MacBook To An SSD
One of the machines I have is a 6 year old 13” white plastic Intel MacBook. In recent years I’ve used it as a backup machine just in case I needed it. It has a 2 gigahertz Core 2 Duo…
Buffalo Launches Thunderbolt Portable SSD
Following on from GNC’s review of the MiniStation Air earlier this month, Buffalo have a launched the MiniStation Thunderbolt SSD. As you might guess from the name, it’s a portable SSD with a Thunderbolt connection so it’s ideal for connecting…