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Windows 8 Buyers Guide: Which Specs Are Most Important?
You already know what size of Windows 8 PC you want, but what are you going to put in it? More RAM? A bigger processor? Solid state storage? We’re here to explain a few things for you to help you get the best Windows 8 device for your money.
Holy Crap, Apple’s Fusion Drive Is Quick
When Apple announced Fusion Drive, we expected it to be quick. But TLDToday has performed some speed tests, comparing a new Mac Mini to its predecessor and the results are pretty amazing.
Build Your Own Apple Fusion Drive For Your Old Mac
Apple’s fancy new Fusion Drive promises to couple an SSD with a traditional hard drive for large-scale storage with lightning fast boot-up and program launches. But a developer found Mountain Lion already packs support for Fusion Drive, meaning that with an SSD, a hard drive and a bit of Terminal magic, you can create your own homebrew Fusion Drive right now for your old Mac.
What Is Apple Fusion Drive?
While introducing the new ridiculously thin iMac, Apple also revealed the new Fusion Drive. What is it? It’s a new storage system that supposedly combines the best of SSD and HDD. Basically, the speed of a SSD with the storage space of a big, spinning HDD.
Under The Hood: Corsair Neutron GTX 256GB Vs Samsung 840 Pro 256GB
The pace of development in the SSD world is staggeringly awesome, as each generation of SSD controllers has delivered substantial increases in performance and reliability, while at the same time we’ve seen flash prices drop like a stone. It’s a great time to be storing and accessing data, for sure, but we’ve also seen the market dominated by a trio of SSD controllers from SandForce, Marvell and Indilinx, with different vendors applying their own tweaks to the drives’ firmware to differentiate them.
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