Tag Archives: Apple

Having published our report on why the 2013 MBA just may be the best ultra in the world earlier today, we couldn’t resist following up with this report on the new PNY storEDGE 64GB SD Card, a card designed to fit flush in newer model MacBooks.  The card is available in capacities of 64 and 128GB and looking at the …

Not so long ago, I was the leader of the pack when it came to speaking against the Mac crowd.  I couldn’t have spoken enough about such things as Mac pricing, Apple’s proprietary nature when it came to upgrading with their ‘return and replace for an arm or a leg’ SSD upgrade, or even how OSX just wasn’t an easy …

If you’ve been hanging around TSSDR or Technology X lately, you will have noticed that Apple shipped us a brand smacking new MBA, complete with a Samsung 256GB NGFF PCIe SSD that spits out performance as high as 825MB/s. Since our initial MBA reports, we have had the opportunity to do what we do best and install Windows 7 on the …

In just over a week since its release, the MacBook Air has redefined storage speed and become the first to introduce the world to the reality of the new PCIe form factor.  It appears that when it comes to money, both Apple and Samsung can shed their differences with the new MacBook Air pulling off SSD performance of 700MB/s in …

If you were wondering who would be at the front of the pack with PCIe storage speed laptops, wonder no more.  A great release early this morning by Anand shows the new MacAir as having been upgraded to Haswell and SSDs being PCIe based, with what appears to be a Samsung PCIe SSD within.  The SSD appears to be a …

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that $450 million of the original $1.05 billion judgement awarded to Apple by the jury was based on “impermissible legal theory.”  Just like that, what would have been history largest patent trail award was nearly halved. The original case was ultimately decided on 28 infringing products.  Judge Koh is ordering a new …

One of our favorite stops at CES consistently seems to be the Other World Computing Booth where Larry O’Connor and Team always seem to have something new on the go in the world of SSDs. This year was no different. First off, the OWC team has always been on the cutting edge of Apple SSD updates, regardless of Apple’s frequent …

Much of modern day and future technology is focusing on making products smaller and smaller, yet still completely functional and easy to use. For personal computing, the thinking is reverse, as more people prefer to have mid-sized or XL-sized cases and builds for full functionality. It makes sense, and until recently, mini builds were typically utilized as NAS units, home …

Modbook Inc., well known for their feature packed tablet alternatives, has announced that their Modbook Pro will achieve general availability on November 16. For those who don’t know, Modbook’s new opus allows users to install full versions of Mac OS X and Windows, providing buyers with far greater potential utility than 1st party offerings could ever hope to ( for …

Samsung has started producing the fastest embedded flash/controller combination around for mobile devices like phones and tablets. Based on their new 2xnm Toggle 2.0 flash, the embedded processor and NAND (referred to as an enhanced multimedia card, or eMMC for short) should greatly enhance storage speeds of phones, tablets, and a bewildering array of other small devices. This newest eMMC, the …