hard-disk drive

Sony Apparently Recovering From Netbookaphobia

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2009 at 4:50 am PT

If the netbook market is a race to the bottom, then Sony is bringing up the rear. Not a year after Sony execs disparaged netbooks as undeserving of its premium brand attention, the company announced its token entry into the market: the Vaio W.

Two Laptops Travel Light, but Flaws Weigh Them Down

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on May 8, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg tries out two laptops that weigh 3 pounds or less. They are worth considering for frequent travelers, but each has its own flaws.

Price May Be Steep, but Thin ThinkPad Has Abundant Features

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 21, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Lenovo’s thin and light ThinkPad X300 is an innovative laptop that will be perfect for many mobile PC users. But its file-storage capacity is low and its price tag is high.

Solid-State Drives Challenge Hard Drives in Speed, but Not Value

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 7, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

The hard drive is being challenged by the solid-state drive for its role as the principal storage device in computers, but current SSDs offer much lower capacity and have much higher prices.