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SanDisk Announces 64 GB Notebook Solid State Drives

SanDisk SSD 64GBSanDisk introduced a 64GB Solid State Drive today at Computex. SanDisk 1.8-inch UATA 5000 and 2.5-inch SATA 5000 SSD products have been available in 32GB versions for several months.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on June 7, 2007  | 

Toshiba Portege R500 Notebook to Feature 64GB SSD

Toshbia Portege R500Toshiba announced the new Portege R500 business notebook will have an optional 64GB solid state drive. Configured with the SSD and no optical drive, the Portege R500 weighs only 1.72 pounds, making it the lightest 12.1-inch widescreen notebook available.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on June 5, 2007  | 

Gold SanDisk CF and SDHC Cards

Gold SanDisk CardSanDisk is running a promo in Hong Kong that will turn some lucky winners’ CF and SDHC cards into gold. Mobile tech shoppers who buy either SanDisk’s Extreme IV 8GB CompactFlass or UltraII 4GB SDHC cards will have the chance to win a gold version of their memory card purchase.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on June 1, 2007  | 

PQI Announces 256GB Solid State Drive

PQI Solid State Drive 256GBPQI announced a 256GB SATA solid state drive (SSD) for notebooks, which will probably cost more than most notebooks when it starts shipping. The new drive has 60MB per second transfers.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 31, 2007  | 

Sony Ultraportable Offers up Solid State/Hard Drive Combo

Sony Vaio Type TSony will be selling a special edition Sony Type T 10th Anniversary notebook with an optional 32GB solid state drive AND a 160GB hard disk drive. This dual-drive solution offers users the speed of SSD and the high capacity of HDD.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 18, 2007  | 

Review Lexar ExpressCard SSD

Lexar ExpressCard SSD Lexar’s new ExpressCard solid state drives (SSD) offer a convenient storage and backup solution for notebook users. Lexar officially announced the new 4GB, 8GB and 16GB ExpressCard SSD today, which can be used as ReadyBoost drives on VIsta notebooks.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 2, 2007  | 

Dell Latitude D420 and ATG D620 Notebooks Get SSD

Dell Inspiron ATGDell’s added a 32GB Solid State Drive to the list of drive options for its Latitude 420 and rugged Latitude ATG notebooks.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 24, 2007  | 

Sony VAIO Notebook Gets SSD

Sony’s jumping on the flash drive bandwagon by offering up a 32GB solid state drive (SSD) option in its VAIO Type G notebook.
Already the lightest 12.1-inch notebook in the world, the SSD option will trim 40 grams off the overall weight, bringing it down to 859 grams (1.89 pounds). The Sony Vaio G is runs [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 10, 2007  | 

Notebook SSD: $29.99 + 2 CF Cards

There’s been a lot of buzz about Solid State Drives (SSD) in high-end specialized notebooks, but it will be some time before they are a reasonably priced option in main stream notebooks. If you’re itching for some SSD action in check out this alternative.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 5, 2007  | 

Transcend Announces 16GB ExpressCard SSD

Transcend announced a series of Solid State Drives (SSD) for ExpressCard/34 slots. With capacities up to 16GB, the ExpressCard SSDs are compatible with Microsoft Vista’s ReadyBoost technology, which speeds up notebooks by caching data on flash drives.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 4, 2007  |