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/09/11/17/ocz.colossus.arrives.with.smaller.options/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/oczcolossus-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ today formally launched the Colossus, its first solid-state drive line aimed primarily at the desktop. The 3.5-inch SATA II disks are designed both to fit directly into desktops without a mounting kit but also to provide performance above even some notebook SSDs. OCZ has raised its speed claims beyond early estimates and now says that the fastest Colossus drives reach peak read and write spe... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/ocz.colossus.arrives.with.smaller.options/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/ocz.agility.ex.ssds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/oczAgilityEXintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ has recently announced the upcoming release of its 2.5-inch Agility EX series of solid state drives, which it touts as the most affordable single-level cell (SLC) solid-state drive on the market. SLC flash drives are usually more expensive than denser multi-level cell (MLC) drives, but also outperform them in terms of speed their long-term lifespans.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/ocz.agility.ex.ssds/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/20/ocz.intros.zee.usb.drive/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/oczzee.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Notebook, RAM and flash memory maker OCZ recently introduced its Zee USB 2.0 flash drive. OCZ, which makes solid state drive upgrade kits for notebook PCs, hasn't offered a simple USB thumb drive before. The drives are minimalist in their design, and OCZ is likewise being modest and isn't releasing their peformance specs, though does say the drives are capable of mainstream speeds.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/20/ocz.intros.zee.usb.drive/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/ocz.solid.2.ssd.announced/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/ocz-solid2ssd-12.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ has released its OCZ Solid 2 SATA II 2.5î Solid State Drive, using MLC-based NAND flash memory for a balance between performance and price. While MLC memory is slightly slower than SLC memory, the new drives deliver 100MB/sec write (120GB model) and 125MB/sec read speeds and a seek time of less than 0.1ms using the less expensive memory type. The drives carry a 64MB onboard cache and a three-y... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/ocz.solid.2.ssd.announced/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/10/ocz.anti.slowdown.ssds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/oczvertexturbo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ and storage chipset maker Indilinx in the past few days have unveiled a new firmware technique for solid-state drives that could avert the chronic slowdown in write speeds on these disks. As any storage cell on an SSD needs to be completely re-written if any amount of data exists, many SSDs collect "garbage" data which is just enough to force a rewrite and slow down the regular data recording... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/10/ocz.anti.slowdown.ssds/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/03/ocz.1tb.ssd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/oczcolossus.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ has announced pricing information and a launch time-frame for its 1TB Colossus SSD introduced at Computex last month. The drive is relatively large, with a weight of 400g, although it is designed to fit in a standard 3.5-inch drive bay. The company claims read speeds of up to 250MB/s and write speeds of 200MB using a SATA II interface.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/03/ocz.1tb.ssd/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/08/ocz.vertex.turbo.ssds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/oczvertexturbo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ today aimed for the performance crown and launched its Vertex Turbo solid-state drives. The 2.5-inch drives build on the existing formula of the Vertex line by increasing the clock speed for both the host controller managing data as well as the 64MB of cache; OCZ estimates peak read speeds of up to 270MB per second (up from 250MB) and peak writes of 210MB per second (from 160MB). Adding the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/08/ocz.vertex.turbo.ssds/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/ocz.sabre.gaming.keyboard/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/oczsabreintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ on Tuesday released its Sabre OLED multimedia keyboard meant for gamers or CAD professionals. OCZ's first premium peripheral offering, the Sabre sports nine dedicated OLED keys (not unlike Art Lebedev Optimus keyboards) that can be customized and are capable of displaying key icons converted from digital images or text. The rest of the 103 keys are backlit with amber LEDs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/ocz.sabre.gaming.keyboard/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/05/ocz.agility.ssd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/oczagility.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ has without fanfare added a new solid-state drive line to its mix that negotiates a balance between its fastest and cheapest options. The Agility series is based on multi-level cell (MLC) storage but is faster than the basic Solid series. Peak reading speeds top 235MB per second while writes finish at 135MB per second; sustained writing holds at 80MB per second.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/05/ocz.agility.ssd/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/02/ocz.colossus.ssd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/oczcolossus.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ at Computex today upgraded its solid-state drives with its first drive built from the start as a 3.5-inch SATA II desktop drive. The Colossus fills out the bay area by pairing two drives together in a RAID 0 stripe. OCZ isn't prepared to make performance claims but should deliver much faster performance through the Colossus than any of its 2.5-inch drives while doubling the maximum capacity.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/02/ocz.colossus.ssd/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:50:00 GMT