Tag: SSD

• How I switched to an SSD with free software and no CD-ROM drive A lot of great tools exist to help clone drives. Acronis, Ghost, and many other examples are available for the user to do an easy and clean copy of their system from one drive to another. But when I got my first-gen Intel X25-M SSD, I had two real problems: A) I didn't want to spend any additional money, and B)...
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• Buying an SSD – What Should You Be Looking For? So you've decided to buy an SSD (or solid-state drive)! Good for you. Very suave. SSDs have been the latest craze among PC owners seeking to enhance the overall performance and user experience of their current PCs. PC owners are attracted to the SSD's promise of faster data access, lower power consumption, ruggedness, and its complete operational silence as compared...
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• Why would a 32GB SSD cost more than an 80GB SSD? The landscape of solid-state drives is growing. Many companies, Intel included, have a growing portfolio of drives for sale. Various people much smarter than I have talked about how "Not all SSDs are created equal," but there's one fundamental difference at play that most technologists understand, and not all consumers do. In fact, it's a difference that's pivotal to the...
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• They Peeked Inside Dan’s Press Sample Cabinet A few months back I gave you a glimpse "inside my press sample cabinet," and boy did you respond! From San Francisco to Reykjavik to Rome people had all kinds of ideas how to put samples to use. We received over a hundred inquiries and did the best we could to sample some of the more interesting and far-flung requests....
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• A Peek Inside Dan’s Press Sample Cabinet As the guy with the "keys to the sample cabinet" for all worldwide Intel press review samples, my email Inbox is pretty jumpin'. I wanted to share a few of my favorite stories and experiences as well as provide a peek at the goodies. I'll even share a way to pitch me with your best ideas to review one too...
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• New Hard Drive Takes Hard Ride To Show Benefits of Intel SSDs Even before the Intel Centrino mobile technology mantra hit the scene in 2003, driving up laptop performance and increasing battery life required more than better, more efficient processors. It took a holistic approach of building efficiency into just about every component and feature -- from the integrated wireless chips to smarter screens, better batteries and hard drives.At IDF this week,...
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• Withdrawals and my addiction to speed It’s 2:37am as I’m writing this blog. No, I’m not under the influence of some illicit drug that’s keeping me up all night, just suffering from jet lag as I’m adjusting to the local time here in Shanghai where Intel is holding IDF this week.In my last blog, I shared my frustrations with the experience of my IT laptop and...
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• Pat Gelsinger & the World’s Greatest Geekfest Milliwatts to petaflops. May sound silly to some, but it has a more sobering ring when spoken and shown among friends attending an Intel Developer Forum. It's a theme for what's coming, but it's also a spirit that's been driving fervently for 40 years: Taking Intel architecture where it's never been before -- smaller, faster, more energy efficient -- and...
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• VIDEO: Cracked An Atom, Then Packed for IDF Shanghai Friday at Intel headquarters, I met up with Ultra Mobile Man Uday Keshavdas to see what he was packing up for his trip to Shanghai for the Intel Developer Forum. In this video, we go inside his work area and see some of the devices his team demostrated at the Consumer Electronics Show. He's fired up to see how people...
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• Read IDF Spring 2008 Pre-Event News Coverage Read the pre-event coverage for the Spring 2008 Intel Developer Forum, from ZDNet to The New York Times and AnandTech More»