Seagate to unwrap some freak of nature storage device
Seagate is hinting about some new-fangled device that is coming May 26th. What do they mean “becomes you, so you become faster” ? Some sort of freaky cloning technology on steroids? Judging from the...
View ArticleMomentus XT – what the experts are saying
CNET – November 2011 “The bottom line: Similar to the original, the Momentus XT (second generation) makes an excellent host drive for any computer, both laptops and desktops. It offers great value in...
View ArticleMomentus XT vs Momentus PSD – there’s a huge difference
A few years ago, Seagate tried the Hybrid drive deal, and it didn’t win too many people over…remember Momentus PSD? Momentus PSD was the first generation hybrid drive released by Seagate in 2007 and...
View ArticleSeagate’s “symbolic” focus on the laptop market
With the introduction of the Momentus XT, Seagate rounds out it’s family of hard drives for laptop computers. Four years ago, Seagate was a small player in the laptop space, with little market share...
View Article“Enthusiastic” about Constellation ES 6Gb SAS
Bjorn3D took a look at Constellation ES 6Gb/s SAS drives together with an LSI 3Ware SAS 9750-4i 6Gb/s RAID Card and summed it up as “a marriage made in heaven” with “eye-popping performance”…you get...
View ArticleConfigure your own hard drive results…the dream drive
Last week I posted a configure your own hard drive test and though this was not a scientific study by any means, the results are interesting to consider. When asked what type of storage device users...
View Article5 reasons Ultrabooks should include hybrid drives
Image by www.gofastsports.com Acer recently announced their new Aspire S3 Ultrabook that has an option for SSD or HDD. Gloria Sin of ZDNet summed it up by saying, “Acer’s Aspire S3 brings an optional...
View ArticleUsing hard drives to boost PC performance: myth vs. reality
PC Performance “myth buster” Justin James of Tech Republic recently offered great advice: “Don’t be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths“. Hard drives accounted for 3 of the top 10 performance...
View ArticleWhat’s so special about the Momentus XT 750GB? It’s 70% FASTer
Seems like yesterday, but it’s been a whole 18 months since the first Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive was introduced. Today, Seagate released the successor. On the surface, you might think the...
View ArticleSeagate Momentus XT: why the customer is always right
This week Seagate released the 2nd generation of its Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive. If you’ve read my posts from early 2011, you know the first-generation Momentus XT had some issues with select...
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