9 posts and columns on SSD

A Guide for PC Buyers Not Looking for a Tablet

in Personal Technology on November 9, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt’s annual fall laptop buyers’ guide offers tips for wading through the technobabble involved in buying a computer.
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The New MacBook Pros Are Here

in News on February 24, 2011 at 7:10 am PT

The rumor sites were right about one thing–Apple did indeed refresh its MacBook Pro line this morning. But they were wrong about pretty much everything else. The new machines aren’t cast from Liquid Metal. They don’t run on a combination drive that stores their OS on SSD and data on HDD. And they retain the same trackpad, the same aspect-ratio displays. That said, they do feature a number of evolutionary upgrades.

MacBook Pro Refresh This Week?

in News on February 22, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Rumors of an impending update to Apple’s MacBook Pro line gained further credence over the long weekend with an innocuous change in the Apple Store.

Suegate?

in News on April 15, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Seagate, Dept. of Hard-Drive Health Services, Announce SSD Awareness Program

in News on April 15, 2008 at 3:09 am PT

Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology has finally settled on a strategy for competing with its solid-state drive rivals. It will enter the SSD market this year. And to prepare the market for its arrival, it’s suing an SSD pioneer for patent infringement. Yesterday, Seagate (STX) filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing STEC Inc. (STEC), an [...]

Consider Your Needs, Then Use This Guide to Buying a Laptop

in Personal Technology on April 10, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

With laptops outselling desktop PCs, Walt Mossberg offers a quick guide to the key factors you should consider when buying notebook computers.

Price May Be Steep, but Thin ThinkPad Has Abundant Features

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.

Putting a Computer in Hibernation

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 27, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about standby mode, the MacBook Pro’s WiFi detection and laptops with LED displays solid state drives.

Buying a Laptop Means More Attention to Special Features

in Personal Technology on May 3, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt provides some tips for making laptop purchases. First, you may want to wait to get that new laptop until later this year or early in 2008. There are a number of interesting new hardware features coming.(Video)