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Other World Computing (or OWC) is an Apple specialty store that also offers their own branded products. The company showed up on our radar when we first started seeing SandForce controlled SSDs entering the market. Even now only a small handful of the dozens of companies that are planning to offer SandForce SSDs have been able to bring them to market. OWC was immune to whatever problems other manufacturers are having and has a product on the market now, but that is only half of the story.
At CES Cameron and I paid a visit to QNAP’s booth to take a look at several new NAS appliances and servers the company launched at the show. Little did we know that the new product lineup would be so extensive, almost a top to bottom refresh. The first of the new dual core Intel Atom products has been here for a month now and I have to come right out and say that I am very impressed. It is a good thing too since the TS-419P TurboNAS we reviewed last year didn’t fare as well as we were hoping.
With the much warned and anticipated "digital switchover" being rolled out soon the world over, people are looking to pickup digital TV boxes; if they didn't have one already. While there are subscription packages available, one other option is a freeview box allowing for a wider selection of digital channels, with no monthly charge.
We have looked at quite a few budget and mainstream solid state drives over the past year or so from the likes of OCZ Technology, Patriot Memory and Transcend. At first glance this may seem a bit odd to the casual observer when you consider that none of these companies are known for producing traditional mass storage drives. But as we know, SSDs are comprised of physical memory chips which is exactly what all of these companies specialize in. Even so, it just seemed unnatural to discuss this new storage medium without the presence of storage giants like Western Digital and Seagate. Just over two months ago, however, Western Digital silenced my concerns and introduced their first consumer-grade solid state drive, the SiliconEdge Blue in capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. Today we will be taking a look at the 64GB model and see how it compares to other similarly-priced products.
While Chris, our head SSD guru guy, was in Taiwan for Computex, we thought we should hit up our friends at A-DATA and see if we could arrange a personal tour of their Taipei factory. On Monday 7th of June, still a little exhausted and also sick from the craziness of the busy show, we headed on down and got things rolling.
Todays review includes SandForce, Indilinx and Toshiba based SSDs mixed in with the Seagate 6GB/s and VelociRaptor mechanical models then just for good measure a high spec 2.5" mechanical drive is added to ensure we have a complete picture of the real world performance available at each market segment.
Wenn Samsung so weiter entwickelt, werden die Funktionstasten nicht mehr ausreichen, um die gesamte Festplattenpalette zu katalogisieren. Mit der F1 wurde im Frühjahr 2008 der Grundstein gelegt, ein Jahr später folgte die F2 und seit August 2009 ist die F3 in verschiedenen Varianten lieferbar. Die neue F4 soll an die Erfolge der Spinpoint F-Serie nahtlos anknüpfen und da die Kundschaft großen Wert auf eine möglichst geringe Geräuschentwicklung und lange Haltbarkeit legt, hat Samsung ins Trickkästchen gegriffen. Es wird ein Platter mit einer Kapazität von 640Gigybyte verbaut, wovon aber nur eine Seite genutzt wird. Genau diese Maßnahme soll sowohl die Haltbarkeit als auch die Lese-und Schreibzugriffe maximieren. Darüber hinaus soll der Energieverbrauch weiter reduziert worden sein. Der Preis für die F4 mit 320Gigabyte liegt aktuell bei etwa 40 bis 45 Euro, dürfte sich aber im Verlauf der nächsten Monate und nach dem Erscheinen weiterer Modelle noch weiter reduzieren.
So far most of the USB 3.0 products we've looked at have been designed for inside the home. Their plastic piano black cases, bulky power supplies and odd shapes have made them virtually useless for users on the move looking for real portable solutions. It is a bit surprising that most of these products that have mainly been little more than proof of concept enclosures have cost so much more than their USB 2.0 parts that they are replacing.
Solid state drives not only offer an enormous reliability advantage over traditional hard disk drives, they offer great performance increases as well. Most people operate under the assumption it takes great money to get great performance. The Agility 2 claims to be the exception. Let's see if the Agility 2 has the moves to keep up with its boasts.
ITShootOut.com have just released a review of the Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB SSD drive. Crucial's 6Gbps RealSSD C300 has already established itself as a class leading solid state product. Does the new 64GB member of the family measure up to its bigger brothers? As one of the most affordable 64GB SSDs on the market we were keen to find out!
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