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more about #sata more comments → Odin: Wow, and it's not like SATA was ever even big. more » MarcusMaximus: Alright, I posed this question on the engadget story as well, but you gizmodoians are generally a bit more.. intelligent. Anyone know if there's an ad... more » (Starman) Starman: Every Firewire fanboy's dream: mFireWire3200. :( more » Bertone77: IDE? THIS IS mSATAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! more » trrosen: should have been SATA Nano or SATAn for short. more » ripfire: Mmmmmm mSATA! more » Norbs: Not misleading at all!! I mean just because the sata bus can handle 6Gbps means that the drive is going to push data through that bus at the same rate... more » lpranal: Since Seagate has taken it upon themselves to take a page from shimano with their naming scheme, I'm going to call the next, even higher-end drive: th... more » Phong: All this does is complicate the question of When should I update? Now I must debate whether I should wait for the new hex core Intels and USB 3.0 as ... more » Dafrety: I wonder if they would have actually pushed this out if no one cared about it. more » Harry A. Carter III: Why do I feel like i should wait to the very last minute when it comes to buying anything apple? more » Monty: What do you suppose SATA stands for on Infinite Loop? Stupid Apple Tricks Arrive? Serendipitous Apple Theatrics Appreciated? I really have nothing,... more » frigg: So as long as you don't swap out your hard drive with a new, faster, SSD, which I'm not going to do, I wont notice any performance difference at all? ... more » Kaiser-Machead: Herman's right, and most users wouldn't really notice the difference, and since in most situations 3.0 gigabit interfaces would not really bring a not... more » Tom Reed: Grr... I was all ready to buy a new mbp for college too. Its disturbing that apple has gotten to the point that they are sacrificing the quality of th... more » -
#standards
mSATA: It's Like SATA But Smaller
You've heard of SATA. It's the technology used for the majority of today's hard drives and people generally like it. But SATA wasn't designed for tiny portables. That's why the guys behind SATA are introducing mini-SATA, or mSATA for short. More » -
#harddrives
Seagate Barracuda XT "World's Fastest Hard Drive" 2x Faster Than Yours With 6Gbps Transfer Speeds
The SATA 3.0 spec—which doubles transfer speeds from 3Gbps to 6Gbps—was officially released in May, and it looks like Seagate is first out the gate with actual hardware (no surprise), the 2TB Barracuda XT. More » -
#apple
Apple Releases Firmware Update to Boost New MacBook Pro SATA Interface Speed
We reported earlier that it looks like the new MacBook Pros have had their hard drive controllers downgraded. Now, Apple has released a new firmware update to jack those speeds back up. More » -
#apple
Did Apple Downgrade the Hard Drive Controller in the New MacBook Pros?
Over the weekend, we got a number of reports that Apple has downgraded the SATA controller in the latest MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch update, capping potential drive speeds. Going over the evidence, it looks like they were right. UPDATED More » -
#docks
SATA HDD Multimedia Dock II, Now with HDMI
Brando, Brando, oh purveyors off all things plastic and electronic in a myriad forms and shapes. If you didn't like the Brando SATA drive horizontal dock with HDMI output, now you can have the vertical model. More » -
#harddrives
Seagate's SATA3 Is Twice as Fast As Current Hard Drives
Right now, you're probably working on a SATA-based hard drive, with a transfer speed of 150MBps (SATA) or 300MBps (SATA2). Meanwhile, Seagate just demonstrated their tentative SATA3 spec, which reaches speeds of 600Mbps. More » -
#flashdrives
OCZ Pushing Out a Line of Crafty, Power-Grubbing eSATA Thumb Drives
The external SATA standard is still a comparatively rare and inconsistent one, but OCZ has designed the Throttle, an eSATA flash drive with a clever compatibility trick up its slee—err, cap. More » -
#laptops
Laptop Cooler Features Slot-Loading Hard Drive Dock
One look at this conglomeration and you pretty much know it's from Brando. Their latest clunky tech masterpiece is officially named a USB Notebook Cooling Pad + 3-Port Hub + 2.5" HDD. -
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#peripherals
Datamore Porté Adds Lambo Doors to Your Hard Drive
Most hard drive enclosures aren't winning any beauty contests, but at least the Datamore Porté is putting on some lipstick, tightening the girdle and giving it her all. This USB or eSATA enclosure for SATA drives features that moving while standing still look along with a hot rear gull-wing door. Bonus shot: More » -
#storage
LaCie 5Big is Slightly Less Infamous Than HAL 9000
We doubt that the LaCie 5big Network storage array will one day spontaneously become self-aware and take over your office, but the visual nod to HAL is unmistakable nevertheless. And on purpose. Designer Neil Poulton said he created the array thanks to inspiration from the supercomputer at the heart of 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, aside from that all seeing eye thing on the front, this beast is all about affordable storage, not ending your life. More » -
#solidstatedrives
Micron's Future Concept of SSD is RAM-Module Like
In addition to Micron's traditional solid state drives announced today, they also showed off a concept for a SSD module that resembles RAM in physical design and would fit into a similarly designed port. It's obvious but genius: while the SSD drives with SATA interfaces are terrific because they can be used in current laptops with no mods, the real performance of flash mem is only going to be unlocked when we cast aside the legacy of spinning disks and their cases and interfaces and mount SSDs on the mobo like we do RAM modules. More »
