SSDs are now the norm in computers. With older laptops and desktop PCs, the low capacity of the original SSD is usually the main reason for an upgrade, with the old SSD replaced by one with more space ...

Formatting an SSD is the best way to boost its performance or clear out any potentially malicious malware whenever you move it to a new system, purchase one second hand, or plan to sell yours on to ...

During a stroll in Hall One we came across a Japanese company called Century that makes various storage accessories. What peaked our interest were three different devices, all performing pretty much ...

Gah, here's today's leading competitor in "so much promise, but nope" race: Century's SDB25SD DIY Solid State Drive (SSD). A little background for those out of the hard drive loop: SSD is flash-based ...

While both Intel and Samsung are promising big drops in SSD prices by the year’s end for now they still cost plenty. Unless you want to take the DIY route, and use this nifty gizmo from Century which ...

Hey, I had an OWC SSD (with PCIe connector) installed in a friend's iMac and I set up a fusion drive. I cloned the previous volume back to the fusion drive with CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner). Now I wonder, ...

Apple gets a lot of flak for its unfriendly approach to user repairs and upgrades—you can’t really do them. But there’s a ray of hope with the new Mac mini, which started shipping on Friday. In a ...

The kit allows owners of the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini to upgrade the hard drive and replace it with a solid-state drive (SSD) from OWC. The kit comes with OWC’s 2.5-inch Mercury Extreme Pro ...

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In other words- is it worth the extra ducats to get a larger SSD? Or does the whole algorithm do pretty well with the 120GB limit; so while I know I would hit the swap later with a 250GB drive, does ...