When I go on the road my laptop has a 40 Gig drive but that is just
not enough and I carry a 60 Gig Firewire external just to have all of
my data with me. Finally someone has developed a 100 gig 2.5 inch
hard-drive. Time will tell how these will perform. Japanese techies
are going to get a shot at them first but they will not be cheap. [Engadget]
Fujitsu announces new laptop drive01/05/2004 09:11 PM The hard-drive maker introduces a 2.5-inch model with the Serial ATA
interface, saying it is suited for notebook computers, corporate
storage devices and consumer-electronics products.
120GB Laptop Hard Drive Coming
120GB Laptop Hard Drive Coming04/18/2005 02:29 PM Seagate announced Monday that it will soon begin shipping a 120GB
laptop hard drive, which would be the largest available on the market
today. The disk maker will also release a 100GB drive. The 100GB
version will come in both 5400 and 7200-rpm versions, and the 120GB in
a 5400-rpm model.
Toshiba Makes First 100GB Laptop Drive
Toshiba Makes First 100GB Laptop Drive04/23/2004 06:51 AM Toshiba has cracked the 100GB barrier for laptop hard drives, with a
4,200 RPM 2.5-inch version it expects to begin selling later this
year. The two-platter drive also has a higher shock resistance than
Toshiba's 80GB drive with a lower power consumption. Toshiba will soon
start selling manufacturers samples for...
Linux Laptop w/ 3.5' Disk, USB, and No Hard Drive?
New: Disk Jockey laptop drive adapters08/04/2004 10:02 AM Diskology released two laptop adapters, Fred and Steve, which allow
the attachment of 2.5" laptop IDE hard drives to the company's Disk
Jockey hardware diagnostic and disk copy tool.
The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external
hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only
integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and
can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why
would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the
primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory
cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives
as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you
can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for
only the price of additional hard drives. Read -
Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external06/04/2004 03:52 PM Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its
Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into
either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard
drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a
PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console
Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the
Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and
DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.
MCE slot-loading drive replaces original iMac drive
MCE slot-loading drive replaces original iMac drive06/14/2004 02:50 PM MCE Technologies is now offering an internal 24x slot-loading CD-R/RW
drive for replacing the tray-loading CD-ROM drive in the original iMac
(233, 266, and 333MHz, Rev...
TikiMac Unveils "Big Tiki Drive", the World's First Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive in the Form of a Grinning, Glowing Tiki Idol
Seems CES does not consider Endgadget a weblog so they have full
access to CES and have lot's of really good CES news. Check out their
review of the new Hard Drives announced by Hitachi. [Endgadget]<
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Lite-On 4x DVDRW drive to 8x, double layer DVDRW drive possible
Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras
announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as
their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard
drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool
and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are
the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because
they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support
this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to
hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get
something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500,
though).
Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps
in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.
New Laptop06/16/2004 12:31 AM Just in time for JavaOne, I got me a new Thinkpad R50 laptop (specs
here, but with 512Mb). At 6.8lbs it's a bit heavier than the T41 I
initially considered, but the $200+ price difference just didn't seem
worth it for what (weight aside) is effectively the same machine...
It's a pretty sweet little machine: very good battery life, a... (302
words)
Just in time for back-to-school shopping, Walmart puts out an ultra-cheap laptop for under $600.
It's an ECS
A535, and comes with an Athlon 1.6GHz processor, 14" screen,
wireless networking, and XP Home Edition.
As expected, Walmart continues its push of
cheap imports with little regard for anything but its own bottom
line.
I guess it's good for the US economy in one respect; cheap hardware
like this will undoubtedly keep support guys plenty busy. And at that
price you might as well buy two; one for a backup or for spare
parts.
Top Tip: Networking between PDA and laptop?05/06/2004 01:23 AM I have an emachines m6805 laptop and a toshiba e800 pda. Both have
wireless. Is there a way that I can communicate between the two
wirelessly? Is this a new or not well discussed concept? Can two
laptops communicate wirelessly for that matter?
Chris
Null over at Mobile PC Mag does another great follow up to his Top 100 Gadgets of All Time, this
time detailing the history of the portable computer, from the IBM 5100
Portable Computer pictured here, up to the first modern laptops. It's
a tear-jerker for those of us who lived through this era, seeing old
friends like the Compaq luggable (mine had more wonky than usual
floppy drives) and catching a glimpse of a few I'd not known
about.
It also inspired me to keep on with my current tinkering project
goal (which let me tell you, is way beyond my limited
abilities): getting an Epson HX-20 laptop online via serial cable ->
IR -> cellphone. Of course, I've got to buy a working HX-20 first, and
every time I mention it on here, you bastards go out and outbid me on
all the eBay sales. Stop that.
First Looks: Now Any PC or Laptop Can Be A "Tivo"06/07/2004 12:17 PM “AVerMedia has created a pocket-sized device, the AverMe3dia
UltraTV USB 300, that can capture video and tune in cable or broadcast
TV, as well as enabling virtually any decently powered PC desktop or
laptop to time-shift television and capture video from other sources,
like DVD players and VCRs. Read our full review of this fabulous $120
device.”
New: Laptop Desktop USB
New: Laptop Desktop USB08/30/2004 09:59 AM Kensington's Laptop Desktop USB provides a desktop mount for notebooks
16 inches and under, with a glove-like holder that secures the body of
the computer and can be adjusted to raise or lower the screen height.
A G5 Laptop? Maybe Next Year
A G5 Laptop? Maybe Next Year12/17/2003 01:32 AM Much of the requisite modifications needed to convert a G5 desktop
chipset into one that works in a laptop may have already taken place.
By Alex Salkever (BusinessWeek via MyAppleMenu)
Top Tip: KDE too bloated for my laptop?
Top Tip: KDE too bloated for my laptop?04/26/2004 01:18 PM I installed the Knoppix cd to my laptop..everything seems to be
there..one problem is that I get errors when I try to run KDE
(startx).
First Efficeon laptop
First Efficeon laptop12/10/2003 01:08 AM From Sharp, the first proper laptop using Transmeta's new, more power
efficient 1GHz Efficeon (get it?) processor. The Mebius Muramasa
PC-MM2-5NE, which weighs just over...
No 3GHz Soon and No G5 Laptop
No 3GHz Soon and No G5 Laptop06/09/2004 10:43 AM
With the release of 2.5GHz PowerMacs today (Apple Store), some
continue to speculate about the 3GHz promise made last year.
MacCentral quotes Apple's ...
The death of the laptop? Not quite yet
The death of the laptop? Not quite yet12/09/2003 12:07 PM Weird. Not one, but two remarkably similar articles last week (one by
Duncan Martell of Reuters, the other by Kevin Laws of VentureBlog),
about how...
I have been using laptops primarily for the past few years and now
I am planning to
return to desktops. Why? Because laptops are difficult
to upgrade and
I am tired of paying too much to replace broken parts or batteries
dying over time.
The control key on my current laptop, a Dell Inspiron 8000, is
sticky and I can't
fix it without sending my laptop off. Fans (yup, it has two)
and hard drives
turning on and off is annoying too.
I have been eyeing the 17-inch PowerBook but Windows is my primary
target environment
so I can't just replace my laptop with the PowerBook. So I am
going to get a
desktop, not the most powerful one available, but one that hits the
Sweet Spot.
I think that means 3.2 GHz Pentium 4. So far I am looking at
Dell Dimension
8300 with 2 gig of memory, 400G disk. Since I am
addicted to 1600x1200
resolution and LCD (read ClearType), I'll have to get one of those
20-inch LCD and
match that with Radeon 9800 GPU. Even with fastest optical
drives (CD/DVD-RW),
total cost is around $2400 which is pretty good deal I think.
Only problem is that the price keeps dropping. Longer I hold
off on getting
it, the cheaper it gets. It's amazing that with such a strong
incentive not
to press the submit button, the computer industry still humms
along. How crazy
is that?
After I finish making the transition to the desktop, maybe I'll get
the PowerBook
(why the heck does it support only 1440x900?) with the excuse that
I'll be writing
some OS X software. At least that's the line I am going to
use on my wife. OS
X software market is going to explode, honey!
Laptop Lockdown
Laptop Lockdown07/08/2004 08:37 AM G4 Tech TV Jul 8 2004 1:25PM GMT Grok Description matches for 100 Gig Laptop Drive GrokA matches for 100 Gig Laptop Drive
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive03/14/2003 02:10 PM Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the addition of a 250GB
drive to its popular line of Mercury Elite Pro external FireWire
storage solutions...
Apple To Address Panther, External FireWire Drive Issues
Apple To Address Panther, External FireWire Drive Issues10/30/2003 08:16 PM "Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives
using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that
can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive." By Jim
Darlymple (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)
Apple to address Panther, external FireWire drive issues
Apple to address Panther, external FireWire drive issues10/30/2003 09:21 PM Apple Computer Inc. has responded to concerns from its users that Mac
OS X Panther disables or corrupts files on external FireWire 800 hard
disks. Users began reporting the issues to Apple shortly after the
release of the operating system on October 24, 2003.
IO Data Device has come up with another hum-dinger.
If you were to put an enormous hard drive inside a USB 2.0/FireWire
casing, give it some blue LEDs, and add a USB port, you'd end up with
the 400GB "UDH-UEH400." Not only does it connect by USB (or FireWire),
but it has a USB port. If you're like me and have a single
USB port on your computer, you certainly wouldn't want it being taken
up by just a hard drive. Yeah, I know daisy chaining has been around
for years and years with SCSI (and thus FireWire, its distant cousin),
but I think this is one of the first applications of it I've seen in
USB form. Somehow, it can even recognize USB devices if you connect
the drive by FireWire. Don't ask me how that works; I didn't realize
something like that was even possible.
FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard drive enclosure
FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard drive enclosure12/03/2003 07:19 PM FireWire Depot today introduced the Speedzter2-800, a new 2.5-inch
hard drive enclosure that sports both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0
connectivity...
FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop External Storage Devices Compared
New: EZQuest Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire drive08/20/2004 12:59 AM EZQuest released the Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire drive, which includes the
ability to read and write 8.5 GB dual-layer DVD+R discs at 4x.
Report: FireWire Drive Failures05/11/2004 09:12 AM Here's what you can to to avoid FireWire drive problems... or recover
from them.
Iomega REV 35GB drive comes to Mac with FireWire
Iomega REV 35GB drive comes to Mac with FireWire08/02/2004 08:35 AM Iomega Corp. on Monday introduced
a new version of its REV 35GB removable drive system with a FireWire
interface. The new drive is aimed at Mac users looking for
large-capacity back up and portable file storage using a mechanism
that's based on hard drive media, not optical storage technology.
Kanguru ships FireWire flash drive09/09/2004 12:31 PM Millis, Mass.-based storage peripheral maker Kanguru Solutions on
Thursday announced that it is shipping its previously announced
FireWire-based Fire
Flash drive, a portable flash media drive that uses a six-pin
FireWire interface to transfer data to and from a host Mac or PC. The
device measures three inches long and is available in capacities
ranging from 128MB to 1GB, with prices ranging from US$69.95 to
$279.95 depending on capacity. The Fire Flash comes with a four-pin
adapter for computers that need it, and a desktop docking station.
Mac drive makers help stamp out FireWire flaw10/31/2003 01:57 PM A number of hard drive manufacurers release patches designed to
prevent a glitch that has caused some FireWire 800 drives to lose data
when used with the new version of Mac OS X.
Maxtor offers OneTouch FireWire drive update01/07/2004 06:45 PM Maxtor has announced a software update that allows its OneTouch
FireWire external storage drive to become a boot drive on the Mac
OS...
A Special Message For Firewire 800 Disk Drive Users
A Special Message For Firewire 800 Disk Drive Users10/31/2003 01:39 AM Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using
the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can
result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive. Apple is working
with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve
this issue which resides in the Oxford 922 chip-set. In the interim,
Apple recommends that you do not use these drives. To stop using the
drive, you should unmount or eject the disk drive before doing
anything else. Please check this web page for further updates. (Apple
via MyAppleMenu)
How Fast Does A USB 2.0 Drive Go On The Newest Macs? How Does It Compare To FireWire?
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Chris
Null over at Mobile PC Mag does another great follow up to his 