http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/04/drives.geared.for.thin.notebooks.ultraportables/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/toshsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba has expanded its line of small hard drives with several 1.8-inch offerings featuring capacities up to 320GB. The MKxx33GSG series is available in 160GB, 250GB, and 320GB sizes, each based on dual-platter configuration. The drives feature a 16MB cache buffer, 5,400RPM spindle speed and transfer rates of up to 830Mb/s.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/04/drives.geared.for.thin.notebooks.ultraportables/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/17/owc.modbook.upgrades/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/owc-modbook-17.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing (OWC) has released new upgrade options for the Axiotron Modbook Mac-tablet. The available components include memory modules, hard drives and optical SuperDrives. Users can choose to have their orders outfitted with 6GB of RAM and single or dual hard-drive configurations, with capacities of up to 750GB when combining a 500GB HDD in the primary drive bay and 250GB HDD in the se... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/17/owc.modbook.upgrades/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/23/mobileraid.mr4ut/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/sansdigitalsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sans Digital has unveiled its latest RAID storage device, the 4-bay MR4UT enclosure. A RAID controller and 400MB per second I/O processor are integrated into the housing, eliminating the need for separate hardware or drivers. Users can configure the drives as RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5 or JBOD arrays, with the option to keep one drive as a hot spare to be used if an active drive fails. The HDD trays sup... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/23/mobileraid.mr4ut/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/15/400gb.toshiba.laptop.drive/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0708/toshiba320gbnotebookdrive.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Playing catch-up with competitors Hitachi and Samsung -- both of which have begun shipping 500GB laptop drives -- Toshiba has finally announced a new 400GB high-capacity drive along with a new line-up of high-performance 7,200rpm 2.5-inch HDDs. The new 400GB drive boosts areal density to 477Mbit/s (308Gbpsi) to achieve a capacity of 400GB on just two platters and is touted as its "low-noise flagsh... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/15/400gb.toshiba.laptop.drive/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/cw.ssd.drives.overrated/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/macbookair.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />People contemplating SSD versions of computers like the MacBook Air -- which costs approximately $1,300 more than the HDD edition -- may not find the performance difference worthwhile, writes Computerworld. The magazine has conducted a test of 32GB SSDs by Crucial and Ridata, in comparison to two 7200rpm hard drives by Seagate. All four drives used cloned copies of Vista Home Premium, and were b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/cw.ssd.drives.overrated/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/sans.digital.hddrack5/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/hddrack5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sans Digital has released a new storage rack for hard drives, the HDDRACK5. The tower holds up to five 3.5-inch SATA hard drives, locked into place with turnbuckle screws; when attached to a 20- or 24-pin ATX supply, an on/off switch controls the power of all drives simultaneously. For dissipating heat the tower uses a 4.7-inch fan, and a hollow aluminum frame.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/sans.digital.hddrack5/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/28/ultradock.hdd.adapter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/ultradock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />WiebeTech has announced a new hard drive adapter, the UltraDock. Intended mainly for professionals, the adapter lets users connect "bare" drives to a computer externally, in this case both 3.5-inch IDE/PATA drives and 2.5/3.5-inch SATA disks. Users can connect to a computer using eSATA, USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 ports, or one of two FireWire 800 connections.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/28/ultradock.hdd.adapter/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/22/lacie.500gb.rugged.hds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/lacierugged.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />LaCie on Tuesday announced its newest Rugged Hard Disk with a 500GB capacity. To protect the generous amount of mobile data, the drive is encased in a scratch-resistant aluminum shell which is then surrounded by a shock-resistant rubber bumper. That disk is Hitachi's 2.5-inch Travelstar 5K500, available with either a standard USB 2.0 or an optional USB 2.0/FireWire 400/800 interface for faster tra... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/22/lacie.500gb.rugged.hds/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/25/wd.my.passport.elite.drive/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/wdmypasselite.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hard drive maker Western Digital has announced a new line of external USB drives, the My Passport Elites. The drives weigh less than 5oz, and are in theory small enough to fit in a pocket; they are nevertheless entirely USB powered, and are available in 250 and 320GB capacities. Like some other WD drives an external gauge shows how much space is left, and files are safeguarded using 128-bit encr... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/25/wd.my.passport.elite.drive/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/04/samsung.25.inch.500gb.hdd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/samsung25500gb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />South Korea's Samsung has announced the release of a new hard drive, what it is calling the world's first 2.5-inch hard drive to reach a 500GB capacity. Although it fits into the standard 0.37-inch vertical space reserved for notebook disks, it nevertheless uses three stacked 167GB platters, spinning at 5,400rpm. An 8MB buffer is present, and it interfaces with systems using a 3Gbps SATA connect... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/04/samsung.25.inch.500gb.hdd/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:30:00 GMT