Apple has issued a recall for some MacBook Air notebooks, warning owners that the flash storage used in the ultraportables could fail and result in a loss of data. The “MacBook Air Flash Storage Drive Replacement Program” affects select 64GB and 128GB configurations of the notebook sold between June 2012 and June 2013, and will […]
We did bring you a story about how Apple has already issued a MacBook Air update in order to test for SSD failures, and the company is also offering free replacements to boot for those who are affected. According to Apple, both 64GB and 128GB SSDs happen to fail in MacBook Air notebooks which were sold between June 2012 and June 2013. This would mean if you had picked up a previous generation MacBook Air that runs on the Intel Ivy Bridge processor, then you might be affected, so it would be best to head over to Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) in order to get a free replacement.
Should the firmware update you ran redirected you to this web page, you would do well to skip to the Replacement Process section for the subsequent steps to follow. Assuming your SSD drive is affected, it would be best not to install any operating system updates or new applications, in addition to making a backup of your data on a regular basis until you get your SSD drive replaced. Not exactly the best story to hear at the end of the week, but it just goes to show that there is still some more room for improvement when it comes to SSDs. [Apple Support Page]
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Akitio is a company that makes a number of different external storage solutions designed to work with different connectivity options on desktop and laptop computers. The company has unveiled its latest external desktop storage solution with 512 GB of storage. The product is called the Akitio Neutrino Thunderbolt Edition and it claims to be the […]
Toshiba has announced a new upgrade kit designed to help computer users get the performance of a SSD inside their computers. The upgrade kit is called the Toshiba Q Series Pro PC Internal SSD. Toshiba promises that the SSD upgrade kit will offer faster boot up and overall performance for the computer. Toshiba says that […]
Capitalizing on their success with the 840 series, Samsung released their new SSD TLC based drives named EVO. With this new line, Samsung broadens their offer with five drives ranging from 120GB up to 1TB.
The first generation of Samsung TLC SSD stacked up with MLC drives on the read I/O but lagged behind in term of writes I/O. Looking at the data-sheets from Samsung for the 840 EVO, it appeared that Samsung has closed the gap between MLC and TLC. It shows that performance is not solely based on NAND architecture but other components are almost equally important. Let’s check the specifications then I will dive into the review with the Amazon “SSD best seller”, the EVO 250GB and the EVO 750GB. (more…)
Samsung SSD EVO 250GB And 750GB Review original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Today, Toshiba has announced its new Q Series Pro PC internal solid state drive or SSD. It increases PC storage performance as SSDs generally consume less power than conventional hard drives, not to mention the fact that read/write times are much faster. This particular SSD by Toshiba is also a good fit for Ultrabooks, given the fact that it is just 7mm thick and has what Toshiba calls a lightweight design.
Customers with laptops that have traditional full-height 9.5mm drive ways need not worry as a mounting spacer is included with the SSD. The Toshiba Q Series Pro PC internal solid state drive also comes with a downloadable, and free, migration tool which lets users easily transfer data from their existing tool to Toshiba’s new SSD. A three year limited warranty is provided for all units, which are available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB flavors. They’ll cost $159.99, $309.99, and $739.99 respectively. Toshiba’s new SSD will be available from select retailers as well as toshiba.com later this month.
Toshiba Q Series Pro PC Internal Solid State Drive Announced original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It’s obviously a week for Chromebooks, with Acer’s new C720 Chromebook joining HP’s Chromebook11 offering cloud-centric mobile computing, this time at the even lower price of $249.99. Sticking with Intel’s x86 chips rather than the ARM-based processor in the HP machine revealed on Tuesday, the Acer C720 steps up to a Haswell-generation Celeron 2955U for […]
Instead of giving your unwanted memory cards away to your parents, or putting them someplace safe where they’ll inevitably get lost, this easy-to-build kit lets you turn a bunch of unused microSD cards into a far more useful SSD drive.
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The teardown team at iFixit has taken the time to give a full run-down to the iMac reboot series appearing this week from Apple. What you’ll find is a build quite similar to last year’s collection of iMac devices, with a few exceptions – beyond that of the obvious upgrades. These models work with new […]
There are a lot of technology users out there that want something that performs and looks very nice as well. Anyone looking for a portable storage device with high performance and lots of style will want to check out the new Brinell Drive portable SSD. The drive connects to any computer using a USB 3.0 […]
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