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10 JULY 2005 |
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Hitachi
T7K250 Hard Drive
While the Serial ATA (SATA) standard
may still be relatively new to a lot of consumers, the new SATA
II specification has already been released. Serial ATA has
speeds of up to 150 Megabytes per seconds (which is commonly
seen as 1.5Gb/s on the package) while Serial ATA II has twice
the speed at 300 Megabytes per second.
Today, I will be reviewing the
Hitachi T7K250 hard drive. If you aren't aware already,
Hitachi previously did release the 7K250 which is nearly
identical. The main differences include the introduction
of Serial ATA II in this new drive as well as denser platters.
With denser platters, it means that data is closer together on
the plate, allowing data to be read faster. This drive
will be tested in Serial ATA II mode to see if there are any
major advantages in performance.
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10 JULY 2005 |
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Apricorn
EZ Bus Mini
Do you find that the storage space
of flash drives are too small for your needs, but you don't want
to carry a full-fledged hard drive either. Then consider
Apricorn's EZ Bus Mini. The EZ Bus Mini offers a simple,
no frills package, that works right out of the box.
Unlike flash drives which
typically offer up to 1GB of storage, the EZ Bus Mini offers a
whopping 60GB of storage all in the palm of your hand.
With 60GB of storage, this drive is ideal for holding all your
music, documents, and even videos. The EZ Bus Mini manages
to offer a large capacity of storage to meet the demands of most
users all in a compact package.
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09 MAY 2005 |
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Giga Vu Pro
from JOBO
The
Giga Vu Pro is a bit hard to classify: its intended purpose is
for downloading digital pictures straight from your camera’s
CompactFlash card to its hard drive and to do that job fast. Of
course, you need to be able to view what you’re doing and edit,
annotate and direct print your images. So it does that too.
Throw in MP3 playing capabilities and being able to watch movies
and you’ve got a decent PMP. But a Doom game console that looks
like a Gizmondo unit??
With that Linux 2.4 kernel the Giga Vu Pro is capable of all
this and much more. If you’re in the market for something like
an Epson P-2000 you would do well to check out the Giga Vu Pro.
Let’s have a look at some of the highlights.
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21 FEB 2005 |
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Ximeta Netdisk
An external
hard drive is simply an internal
hard drive with an enclosure.
What makes them useful is that
they are simply portable. Rather
than having to constantly open
up the case of your computer,
you can just simply lift and
carry it with you. This
makes it ideal for those who
would like a portable drive
which can hold their large
files.
Although the functionality of
external hard drives are the
same, companies still have
several ways to differentiate
their drive from others.
One factor is the design of the
enclosure. Several
questions we might ask is
whether it looks good or whether
it dissipates heat well.
Another important factor is the
interface. For example,
some external drives offer USB
2.0, while some are more
flexible providing both USB 2.0
and Firewire. Lastly, is
the performance of the drive.
The typical consumer can only
predict or have some expectation
about the performance.
What we really want to know is
how well this drive performs in
comparison to other devices.
Today, I will be reviewing the
Ximeta Netdisk. This is
essentially an external hard
drive, but what makes this
uniquely different from others
is that this can be plugged into
a local area network and be able
to share the drive with others
on the network. By sharing
the drive on a network, it can
allow one user to "dump" files
onto the drive and allow another
person on the network to
retrieve it. We will
explore its networking
capabilities as well as
examining the performance of the
drive.
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08 FEB 2005 |
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Apricorn EZ Bus DT
An external
hard drive is simply an internal
hard drive with an enclosure.
What makes them useful is that
they are simply portable. Rather
than having to constantly open
up the case of your computer,
you can just simply lift and
carry it with you. This
makes it ideal for those who
would like a portable drive
which can hold their large
files.
Although the functionality of
external hard drives are the
same, companies still have
several ways to differentiate
their drive from others.
One factor is the design of the
enclosure. Several
questions we might ask is
whether it looks good or whether
it dissipates heat well.
Another important factor is the
interface. For example,
some external drives offer USB
2.0, while some are more
flexible providing both USB 2.0
and Firewire. Lastly, is
the performance of the drive.
The typical consumer can only
predict or have some expectation
about the performance.
What we really want to know is
how well this drive performs in
comparison to other devices.
Today, I will be reviewing the
Apricorn EZ Bust DT. This
is essentially an external hard
drive. Unlike Ximeta's
Netdisk which I have reviewed
recently, this is a standalone
external desktop drive which is
meant to be used as storage or
for backup.
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17 SEP 2004 |
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Lite-On SOHW32S/SOHW1213S DVD-RW Drives
DVD
recordable drives are starting to really take off in
terms of the features available and the speed of the
drives.
Today, I will be reviewing two DVD recordable
drives from a company called Lite-On. One has a maximum
recording speed of 8X and the other has a maximum speed
of 12X. Ever since DVD drives have been released,
things have been a bit more complicated. There are more
numbers to examine as well as the different technologies
used in the drives. This review will help demystify the
confusion involved when buying a DVD recordable drive as
well as what to look for. Since most people buying a
DVD recordable intend on using it mainly for creating
DVD’s rather than CD’s, the review will focus on the DVD
performance of the two drives.
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here for more.
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03 SEP 2004 |
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 Hard Drive
Hard disk drives are getting larger
and larger every year and they’re also getting cheaper.
I know that I require a lot of hard drive space on my
computer, but have you ever thought about how much space
is too much?
Today, I will be reviewing the Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 hard drive. Hitachi is proud to crown
this drive their king of hard drives. That’s because
this hard drive is capable of holding a whopping 400GB
of data. As the box states, this drive is intended for
gaming, home office, digital photography, and video
editing. In addition, this drive was also intended for
digital video recording so you can store large amounts
of high quality digital video.
This drive uses the Serial ATA
which will be main focus of the review. You are
probably aware of the current ATA standards such as
ATA100/133. The next standard trying to be pushed into
the consumer market is Serial ATA since we are seeing
more of those drives available on retail shelves. This
review will inform you on the basics of Serial ATA
technology. You will learn the main differences between
regular ATA and how Serial ATA might benefit you on the
purchase of your next hard drive.
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here for more.
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