What to look for in an external hard drive Macworld Even fast optical drives and tape drives transfer data at a fraction of the speed of a slow hard drive. If you want to do more with your computer than watch ... |
Sunday, February 28, 2010
What to look for in an external hard drive - Macworld
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Maingear Shift: Great Design, a 4GHz CPU, and Tri-SLI Graphics Don't Come Cheap - Washington Post
Maingear Shift: Great Design, a 4GHz CPU, and Tri-SLI Graphics Don't Come Cheap Washington Post The Shift?s single optical drive is a Blu-ray burner--I would expect nothing less at this price, although it?sa shame to see the Shift come with no fancy ... and more » |
Friday, February 26, 2010
£379 Compaq CQ5223 Desktop PC Quad Core 3GB 320GB HDD 18.5" PC Monitor - ITProPortal
£379 Compaq CQ5223 Desktop PC Quad Core 3GB 320GB HDD 18.5" PC Monitor ITProPortal This PC's sophisticated design goes beyond just good looks - a connections panel, including a built-in optical drive, 2 USB ports and a 6-in-1 digital media ... |
£379 Compaq CQ5223 Desktop PC Quad Core 3GB 320GB HDD 18.5" PC Monitor - ITProPortal
£379 Compaq CQ5223 Desktop PC Quad Core 3GB 320GB HDD 18.5" PC Monitor ITProPortal This PC's sophisticated design goes beyond just good looks - a connections panel, including a built-in optical drive, 2 USB ports and a 6-in-1 digital media ... |
Thursday, February 25, 2010
LG NAS Adds Blu-ray Drive - Computerworld
LG NAS Adds Blu-ray Drive Computerworld Outside of the handy optical drive, my favorite N4B1 feature is its front-panel LCD. Using it you can back up the box to both USB and Blu-ray as well as set ... and more » |
LG NAS Adds Blu-ray Drive - Computerworld
LG NAS Adds Blu-ray Drive Computerworld Outside of the handy optical drive, my favorite N4B1 feature is its front-panel LCD. Using it you can back up the box to both USB and Blu-ray as well as set ... and more » |
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Mac mini (Late 2009) benchmarks - Computerworld
Mac mini (Late 2009) benchmarks Computerworld Also new to the Mac mini line is a server configuration that substitutes a second hard drive for the optical drive. We don't have the Mac mini with Snow ... and more » |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Technology's Most and Least Reliable Brands in '09 - IDG
Technology's Most and Least Reliable Brands in '09 IDG In laptops there are more flash drives and fewer optical drives out there now. With fewer moving parts, this might have offset the additional breakage ... and more » |
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Eurocom Core i7 Laptop to Boast 2.5TB of Storage Space - Softpedia
Eurocom Core i7 Laptop to Boast 2.5TB of Storage Space Softpedia ... up to 12GB of RAM, a GeForce GTX 260M or GTX 280M graphics processor and an optical drive that can be either a DVD writer or a Blu-Ray drive. ... and more » |
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Windows 7 to go: New portables for the new OS - Computerworld
Windows 7 to go: New portables for the new OS Computerworld These ultrathin notebooks weigh in at 3.5 pounds and are 1 inch thick (albeit without internal optical drives), and can wake up from hibernation to ... and more » |
Friday, February 19, 2010
Apple Reportedly Voids Warranties Due to Smoking Related Damages. - X-bit Labs
Apple Reportedly Voids Warranties Due to Smoking Related Damages. X-bit Labs She said the hard drive is about to fail, the optical drive has failed and it isn't feasible to repair the computer under the warranty. ... and more » |
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Agility EX is a high-end SSD for the masses - Computerworld
Agility EX is a high-end SSD for the masses Computerworld I connected the drive using an adapter in my laptop's optical drive bay, then tested it using ATTO Technology's ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.34,and Simpli ... and more » |
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
IPad event shows Apple's focus: mobile devices - San Francisco Chronicle
IPad event shows Apple's focus: mobile devices San Francisco Chronicle ... Jobs could be attempting to help precipitate the decline of Flash, something he also predicted with floppy disk drives and more recently optical drives, ... and more » |
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Apple ousts ASUS as most reliable in new study - Electronista (blog)
Apple ousts ASUS as most reliable in new study Electronista (blog) ... more likely to last, such as the stiffer unibody shell in all MacBooks and a preference for slot-loading optical drives that don't have a tray to break. ... and more » |
Monday, February 15, 2010
ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External Slim DVD R/RW Drive | ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External ... - Benchmark Reviews
ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External Slim DVD R/RW Drive | ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U External ... Benchmark Reviews External optical drives are something you really do not see that much of; they were popular when CD and DVD burners started coming out, but now you rarely ... and more » |
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Centre Com Sphere i5 Basic desktop PC - PC World Magazine
Centre Com Sphere i5 Basic desktop PC PC World Magazine Up to five internal hard drives can be installed in the case, as well as up to five optical drives. The drive bays face backward, so it can be difficult to ... and more » |
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Lenovo ThinkPad T410 - ComputerShopper.com
 ComputerShopper.com | Lenovo ThinkPad T410 ComputerShopper.com Our unit came with a 320GB hard drive; Lenovo offers 160GB and 500GB choices, or you can opt for a 128GB solid-state drive ($350). The only optical drive ... and more » |
Friday, February 12, 2010
LG NAS N4B1 review - Techworld.com
 Techworld.com | LG NAS N4B1 review Techworld.com Outside of the handy optical drive, our favourite LG NAS N4B1 feature is its front-panel LCD. Using it you can back up the box to both USB and Blu-ray as ... |
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Evolution of the Desktop PC - Techtree.com
 Techtree.com | Evolution of the Desktop PC Techtree.com Also, be warned if you use CDs and DVDs on a regular basis; many of these net-tops do not sport an optical drive. But transferring of data between PCs is ... |
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Apple iPad: A revolutionary device or simply over-hyped? - TechGadgets.in (blog)
 TechGadgets.in (blog) | Apple iPad: A revolutionary device or simply over-hyped? TechGadgets.in (blog) With the addition of a simple USB DVD/CD-ROM drive, disc-based software can be installed on a Netbook even without an optical drive built in. ... and more » |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Hey Microsoft, 250 GB for the Xbox 360 Won't Cut it - PC World
 PC World | Hey Microsoft, 250 GB for the Xbox 360 Won't Cut it PC World Unlike Sony's PlayStation 3, which supports off-the-shelf hard drive upgrades, Microsoft's Xbox 360 takes a mechanically analogous 2.5-inch optical drive, ... and more » |
Monday, February 8, 2010
Vaio by the alphabets - Malaysia Star
 Malaysia Star | Vaio by the alphabets Malaysia Star ... display with anti-glare coating, It also has a Dolby Home Threatre v3 sound system and even comes with a Blu-ray optical drive to play full HD movies. ... and more » |
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Gateway Unleashes Stylish New Gaming, Slim and Mainstream Desktops - Desktop Review
 TechGadgets.in (blog) | Gateway Unleashes Stylish New Gaming, Slim and Mainstream Desktops Desktop Review The high-end 03 configuration also packs in dual optical drives with a Blu-ray / DVD burner combo. While much of the show is standard fare, the FX does have ... Gateway announces FX6831-03 and FX6831-01 gaming PCs TechGadgets.in (blog) Gateway's FX series desktops revamped, SX / DX series find solace in Core i3 ... Engadget (blog) all 39 news articles » |
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Gut an Old USB HDD Enclosure to Make an External DVD Drive - Lifehacker
 UberGizmo (blog) | Gut an Old USB HDD Enclosure to Make an External DVD Drive Lifehacker More and more lightweight laptops and netbooks are shipping sans optical drives. Don't buy an external drive for for $50+ for those few times you need it, ... USB hard drive enclosure hooks up via DVD connector UberGizmo (blog) Turn An Old USB HDD Enclosure Into An External DVD Drive Gizmodo Australia all 4 news articles » |
Friday, February 5, 2010
Desktop pcs and computers: Acer Veriton Z280G All-in-One PC (PL.YXETZ.MIS ... - CCL Online
Desktop pcs and computers: Acer Veriton Z280G All-in-One PC (PL.YXETZ.MIS ... CCL Online Users hoping to store large amounts of data could be drawn in by the pc's 160GB serial ATA hard drive, while it also offers a DVD-RW optical drive, ... |
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Gateway One ZX4800 - ComputerShopper.com
 ComputerShopper.com | Gateway One ZX4800 ComputerShopper.com We much prefer slot-loading optical drives with all-in-one PCs, but outside of the Dell Studio One 19, most systems in this price range stick with clunkier ... |
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Lite-On iHAS424 - Maximum PC
 Maximum PC | Lite-On iHAS424 Maximum PC This was the caliber of performance we experienced in our tests, since we always use Verbatim media (manufactured by Mitsubishi) to evaluate optical drives. ... and more » |
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
SilverStone SG05 Mini-ITX Case - Legit Reviews
 Legit Reviews | SilverStone SG05 Mini-ITX Case Legit Reviews This seemed to me to be a stroke of genius; while some might point out that slim optical IDE drives are becoming less and less available, I would say it's ... and more » |
Monday, February 1, 2010
Netbook vs Notebook - Gadget
 Gadget | Netbook vs Notebook Gadget In closing, he says that many netbook vendors are packaging external optical drives with their netbooks. However, he asked a very critical question: “When ... |
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