It never hurts to have options. Per MacRumors, Apple’s base model MacBook Pro with Retina display can now be custom built with solid-state hard drives of 512 and 768 gigabytes. The new build-to-order configurations first appeared in Apple’s online store on Wednesday. Users who select the low-end 2.3-gigahertz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor can have […]
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It may not change the world today, but it could lead to some pretty cool stuff. Per Electronista, electronics maker SanDisk set a record today after the company claimed to have the world’s smallest 128-gigabit (16GB) memory chip. The 19 nanometer, three-bit-per-cell storage has a footprint of about 170mm square (0.26in square), or less than […]
The good news: You can now snag up to a 480GB solid-state drive for your MacBook Air. The bad part: It ain’t cheap. Per Electronista, Other World Computing has released a 480GB version of its Mercury Aura Pro Express. The new solid-state drive doubles the storage of its SATA3-based, 6Gbps model line. As with other […]
Maybe it’s part of getting older. When the idea of solid state hard drives first emerged a few years ago, there was some hesitancy on my part. Not quite the smashing of all available nearby looms, but some hesitancy. This was a new thing, a hard drive made entirely of flash memory with no moving […]
Over on the Apple Core, Jason O’Grady has a full hands-on rundown the the Runcore SATA solid state drive as well as its impressive benchmark numbers. The drive itself can be dropped into any MacBook notebook. Take a gander and see what you think.