United Utilities & End Users Towards Greater Energy Efficiency

Stonefly is teaming up with the Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA) to present a webinar on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10am PDT. This webinar is aimed to address the best practices, techniques and solutions to optimizing your data center by going green. With experts in the green data center and storage industries, we will [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

ASUS P8P67 Sandy Bridge Motherboard Preview

Over the past few weeks we have seen plenty of coverage of the new ASUS P67 and H67 boards due for release in Q1 2011. We caught a first glimpse of the boards only a couple of weeks ago when Sahil went along to the ASUS P67 ‘Sandy Bridge’ Seminar. That article in itself sparked [...]


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HTC Surround Review: A Pocket Boombox

Even though the WP7 official unveiling is quite a ways behind us, we’ve been spending quite a lot of time with the respective Windows Phone 7 launch devices. Anand has the LG Optimus 7 and the Samsung Focus, and I got the HTC Surround. There are a number of other devices bound for other carriers both international and domestic, and we’re getting to them in time. 



If you haven’t already, definitely read our Windows Phone 7 launch piece which covers the platform as it exists purely from the software perspective. We promised then that we’d be taking an in-depth look at each of the devices with the usual rigor, and are starting out with the HTC Surround.
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Hitachi Debuts 7,200 RPM 3TB HDD

Hitachi's latest 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM HDD has a tasty 3 TB capacity.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Motorola Droid R2D2 Edition

The Motorola Droid is undoubtedly one of the most popular Android phones on the market today, for good reason it?s a great phone. The Droid name is taken from Star Wars so it?s no surprise that they released an R2D2 themed phone complete with special edition live and still wallpaper and the phone of course [...]


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Verizon Wireless Palm Pre Plus
Verizon HP Mini 311-1037NR Netbook
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Windows Home Server v2 'Vail': Drive Extender v2 Dismissed

Back in April we dissected Drive Extender v2 – Microsoft’s storage pool and data duplication technology for Windows Home Server – based upon the first preview release of Windows Home Server “Vail”. So imagine our utter shock when we found out that Microsoft is going to be removing Drive Extender entirely from “Vail” and the rest of its offshoots.


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StoneFly Inc. introduces the StoneFlex QUSS

Today Stonefly Inc. announces the release of the StoneFlex Quad Unified Storage & Server (QUSS?) the first Series of Appliances targeted for Cloud Computing and Enterprise Environments. The StoneFlex QUSS provides full datacenter consolidation, combining storage and server into one Fault Tolerant Appliance. Learn more about the StoneFlex QUSS on our recent Press Release.data storage storage nas storage network attached

United Utilities & End Users Towards Greater Energy Efficiency

Stonefly is teaming up with the Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA) to present a webinar on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10am PDT. This webinar is aimed to address the best practices, techniques and solutions to optimizing your data center by going green. With experts in the green data center and storage industries, we will [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Acer's Aspire 5551G: AMD's Budget Gaming Laptop

When someone talks about budget gaming on a laptop, a lot of things might go through your head. Are they talking about ten year old games on netbooks? Maybe by "budget" they mean $1000? Or perhaps they're referring to a pathetically slow IGP that can barely run modern games at 768p (but does reasonably well with 3+ year old titles)? So many options, but today we're talking about a laptop that can legitimately play almost any modern title at medium to high detail and 768p, and it checks in at a pocketbook friendly price of under $700.



Given the specs and performance potential, it's no surprise that the laptop in question comes from Acer—with everything that implies. The Acer Aspire 5551G also happens to be the best example of AMD's midrange gaming laptops, packing a dual-core P520 processor with a Radeon HD 5650 graphics card. There are certainly some blemishes in the overall experience, but many people are able to overlook those when they see the bottom line—which might explain in part why you can no longer find this model in stock. Yeah. But if you're curious as to how an AMD Vision Premium 2010 notebook stacks up to the competition, read on….
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Holiday Buyer's Guide: Notebooks

Yes folks, it's that time again: time to open your wallets and let a ravenous technology industry take its cut so you can have the shiniest, latest gadgets on store shelves. We're kicking off our Holiday 2010 Buyers' Guides with the mobile sector. While it wasn't perfect, overall this year has been a great one for notebooks, and there has been a healthy share of upheaval in the process. The dust shows no sign of clearing, but hopefully we'll be able to guide you through it to the very cream of the crop this industry has to offer.


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GIGABYTE GV-N480SO-15I Super Overclock Review

Gigabyte’s GeForce GTX 480 Super Overclock sets out to deliver affordable high-end overclocking for NVIDIA users. The card features dual voltage software control, voltage measurement points, a powerful but quiet triple fan cooler and Gigabyte’s OC Guru overclocking software. Best of all, it comes at a reasonable $469 which is not much more than the [...]


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GIGABYTE GV-N480SO-15I Super Overclock Review

Gigabyte’s GeForce GTX 480 Super Overclock sets out to deliver affordable high-end overclocking for NVIDIA users. The card features dual voltage software control, voltage measurement points, a powerful but quiet triple fan cooler and Gigabyte’s OC Guru overclocking software. Best of all, it comes at a reasonable $469 which is not much more than the [...]


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Micca Slim-HD: 1080p In Your Pocket

Last year, Micca released a hard drive based portable media drive called the Slim HDD Digital Media Player (imaginative, I know). Based around a standard 2.5” notebook hard drive, the Slim DMP could handle a wide range of containers and formats and had a 720p HDMI output. For the $59 (no drive) price tag, it represented a solid value and even without too many premium features, it was a very functional media player at its core. Now we’ve got Micca’s followup device, the $79 Slim-HD Portable 1080p Full-HD Digital Media Player, which adds support for 1080p playback, FLAC audio, and a new UI. How does it fare in our labs? Read on to find out.
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128GB Blu-ray Burners Coming Soon

Buffalo and Pioneer are launching BDXL burners in Japan next month.data storage storage nas storage network attached

HTC Surround Review: A Pocket Boombox

Even though the WP7 official unveiling is quite a ways behind us, we’ve been spending quite a lot of time with the respective Windows Phone 7 launch devices. Anand has the LG Optimus 7 and the Samsung Focus, and I got the HTC Surround. There are a number of other devices bound for other carriers both international and domestic, and we’re getting to them in time. 



If you haven’t already, definitely read our Windows Phone 7 launch piece which covers the platform as it exists purely from the software perspective. We promised then that we’d be taking an in-depth look at each of the devices with the usual rigor, and are starting out with the HTC Surround.
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Netgear Roku XD: Streaming for the Masses

Today I have in my hands the Netgear Roku XD media streamer, the latest media streaming solution for the living room to get retail store distribution by allying itself with a company best known for networking solutions. Does the Netgear Roku HD have what it takes to compete with the likes of D-link's Boxee Box or Logitech's Revue? What are the limitations and benefits of this particular media streamer? Let's find out.


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Thermaltake Armor A90 Mid-Tower

Looking for a mid-tower chassis that offers a big bang for a small buck? Thermaltake hopes to win us over on those claims with its Armor A90, a chassis built from the ground up with military-like design cues in mind, and also one that includes numerous convenience features, superb airflow, and a modest $90 pricetag. [...]


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Kingston Launches SSDNow V+100 With 96GB

A new SSD capacity size for you to consider.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Seagate Says Future is Hybrid HDD, Not Pure SSD

Seagate's placing bets that people still want big, capacious HDDs, not just pure SSD speed.data storage storage nas storage network attached

OCZ Reveals New Bootable PCIe SSD

Users can boot their PC using OCZ's new 2nd-generation RevoDrive.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Foremay Claims ''World's Fastest'' 1.8-inch SSDs

These SSDs range in thickness from 5-mm to 3.3-mm.data storage storage nas storage network attached

ASUS EeePC 1215N: Bringing NG-ION to the 1201

When we first looked at the ASUS Eee PC 1201N last year, we thought it was a unique take on the netbook idea, and possibly one of the first acceptably performing netbooks on the market. Fast forward to 2010, and we have the Eee PC 1215N, basically an updated 1201 with a dual-core Atom D525 and Next-Generation ION. But with the release of the dual-core Atom N550 for netbooks and smaller netbooks releasing with NG-ION in tow, does the $499 1215N still have enough appeal to capture the niche market it had before? Read on to find out.
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AMD Radeon HD 6850 Overclocking Roundup: Asus, XFX, & MSI

With an all-custom launch for the Radeon HD 6850, the door was immediately opened to a variety of 6850 cards with a wide variety of performance characteristics. In fact you won't even find the reference design for sale in North America, making it all the more important to look at custom cards. As such We have wasted no time in collecting a few cards to see what they’re capable of, and today we'll be looking at those results. After all we’ve seen what the reference card can do, but how about the cards you can actually buy? And how about overclocking, do the latest 6850 cards continue the tradition of the *850 being strong overclockers? Today we’re going to answer all of that and more.


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Iomega Reveals USB 3.0 External SSD

Iomega's rugged external SSD will ship next month.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Antec Soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 Speakers

Generally speaking when we think of Antec, we usually think of quality cases (such as the silent gaming stalwart P182/P183 line) and solid power supplies. Personally I even think of good customer service (i.e. missing some drive rails? E-mail their customer service and they'll send you replacements for free.) What we don't think of is quality audio, and just like Corsair's recent branch into audio hardware with their HS1 gaming headset, Antec has opened a brand new line dubbed "Soundscience," which starts with their Rockus 3D 2.1 speaker system. The $249 MSRP could make them a tough sell; do you get your money's worth?


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Holiday 2010 System Builder's Guide

We haven't updated our various system buyers' guides for a while, and what better time to rectify that oversight than the holiday shopping season? We're going to take a different approach this time, with different builds from most of our staff covering the gamut from pure budget to dream level systems. We have widely ranging tastes and budgets, but we've tried to make sure that someone covers each general category of system, with both AMD and Intel builds. Whether you're in the market for a complete new system or just want to upgrade a component or two, our System Builder's Guide should have what you need.


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WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e Card

Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Previewing AMD's Brazos, Part 1: More Details on Zacate/Ontario and Fusion

I hate to keep things from you all, but last week I was diligently working in a room at AMD’s new campus in Austin, Texas. You see, AMD wanted to give us more time with the Brazos/Zacate platform we tested at IDF ahead of its official launch. It’s too early for production worthy OEM systems and AMD wasn’t too keen on these reference platforms leaving its offices so it did the next best thing: fly us out to test the systems on AMD’s campus.

The rules were simple. We couldn’t run anything that would harm the system, but other than that we were free to bring whatever we wanted and test however we wanted. AMD dropped by our private room to check to see if we needed anything but other than that, it was all hands off.


The Brazos test platform

While I’d love to share performance data with you today, I can’t. You’ll have to wait another week or so for that. What AMD is allowing us to talk about are the specific configurations AMD’s first Fusion APUs will ship in and general impressions from the testing. 

Read on!
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LaCie 5big Storage Server NAS Review

Back in March 2010, Intel announced an Atom based platform optimized for storage applications. Using either a D410 or the dual core D510, paired with an Intel 82801IR I/O controller, it was touted by Intel to have been picked up by various NAS vendors such as LaCie, LG, QNAP, Synology and Thecus. We have had the LaCie 5big storage server in our labs for the last few weeks. Aimed at the needs of small businesses, the server brings in a wealth of features thanks to the Windows Storage Server 2008 platform on which the NAS runs.





Read on for our review of the LaCie 5big storage server, and to identify whether it would be a good solution for the storage needs of your small business.
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Kingston Launches SSDNow V+100 With 96GB

A new SSD capacity size for you to consider.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Seagate Says Future is Hybrid HDD, Not Pure SSD

Seagate's placing bets that people still want big, capacious HDDs, not just pure SSD speed.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Hitachi Debuts 7,200 RPM 3TB HDD

Hitachi's latest 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM HDD has a tasty 3 TB capacity.data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD Reveals New Home DLNA Network Drive

This external network drive features a DLNA media server.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed

Last week Apple introduced its first significant upgrade to the MacBook Air since it was introduced two years ago. The announcement was met with the arrival of a new form factor for Apple: the 11.6-inch MacBook Air starting at just $999. The 13.3-inch model got an update and a price drop as well. It starts at $1299.

The hardware has both remained the same and changed significantly. The CPUs are mostly unchanged in terms of specs, but differ wildly in performance. The GPU is much faster and the battery life is improved. Weight is down, the chassis loses some features and gains others.

There's a lot to talk about, so read on for our full review of these two notebooks.
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ASUS G73Jw: Out with the Old, In with the New

The original ASUS G73Jh was an instant classic: a great performer with a good screen, build quality and cooling at an amazing price. Six months later, ASUS is coming out with a “new and improved” version with a few updates to make things interesting. Most of the upgrades are straightforward but sensible: the i7-720QM has been replaced with the new i7-740QM and USB 3.0 support is now part of the package. The far more controversial changes come courtesy of the GPU: AMD’s HD 5870 is out and NVIDIA’s GTX 460M is in, which also means HDMI 1.4 is now included. While the HDMI update is nice (but mostly useful if you want 120Hz 3D output), the GPU performance is a tougher call. Is this a better overall notebook or mostly a lateral move? That’s what we’re here to find out.


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Windows 8 May Feature Cloud Backup

A Microsoft job post linked Windows Azure with Windows 8.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Details on Intel's Third-Gen SSD 25nm Refresh

Intel to battle the SandForce.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Kingston 64 GB Class 10 SDXC Memory Card

Amateur and professional photographers are alike in wanting to catch the ?perfect shot?. Sometimes when dealing with fast moving action you need a camera and memory card fast enough to freeze the moment. Newer DSLR cameras are fast but can be bottlenecked by the speed of their memory cards. To help deal with this memory [...]


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Hitachi Debuts 7,200 RPM 3TB HDD

Hitachi's latest 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM HDD has a tasty 3 TB capacity.data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e Card

Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.data storage storage nas storage network attached

AnandTech Giveaway: Patriot Box Office

I realize I've been very slow with these. My travel schedule as returned to unexpectedly ridiculous once again. You've been seeing the results of those travels on the site, most recenty with the Windows Phone 7 coverage. There are a few more exciting trips left in the year for me so I appreciate your patience as always.

Last month we held a giveaway for an ASRock 890GX Extreme 3. The winner? MUluke. Respond to my email to claim your prize :)

Today's giveaway is going to be a media streaming box we reviewed not too long ago: Patriot's Box Office. The full spec sheet is here. Patriot was kind enough to even throw in a WiFi adapter with the Box Office.



Read on for entry instructions!
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Powermat Wireless Charging System for iPhone 4

This system comes as a bundle that will get you up and running without the need for any other Powermat components. The components can also be bought separately but is less expensive sold together. It includes a 1x charging mat and receiver case which is everything needed for protecting and charging an iPhone 4. Unlike [...]


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Hitachi Ships Industry's Fastest 10K RPM HDD

It's the industry's fastest 10,000 RPM enterprise HDD.data storage storage nas storage network attached

64 GB Coming to SD Cards, USB Drives

Portable storage and SSDs will soon get bigger.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Worldwide Digital Data surpassing One Zettabyte by year end

Imagine measuring the world?s digital data ? every download, every blog post, and every ?tweet? that?s created and duplicated on the web. In May 2010, the International Data Corporation (IDC) created a� study predicting that all of the world?s digital data would reach 1.2 zettabytes (or 1.2 million petabytes) by the end of 2010 and [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Swann RemoteCam DVR-410 Review

One of the advantages of being quite a long running review site (check out our 5 year anniversary in January) is that often times you don’t need to contact companies to get products to review; they come to you. However this doesn’t just limit itself to your usual reviewing fare of memory, HDDs, graphics cards [...]


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AnandTech Giveaway: Patriot Box Office

I realize I've been very slow with these. My travel schedule as returned to unexpectedly ridiculous once again. You've been seeing the results of those travels on the site, most recenty with the Windows Phone 7 coverage. There are a few more exciting trips left in the year for me so I appreciate your patience as always.

Last month we held a giveaway for an ASRock 890GX Extreme 3. The winner? MUluke. Respond to my email to claim your prize :)

Today's giveaway is going to be a media streaming box we reviewed not too long ago: Patriot's Box Office. The full spec sheet is here. Patriot was kind enough to even throw in a WiFi adapter with the Box Office.



Read on for entry instructions!
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Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed

Last week Apple introduced its first significant upgrade to the MacBook Air since it was introduced two years ago. The announcement was met with the arrival of a new form factor for Apple: the 11.6-inch MacBook Air starting at just $999. The 13.3-inch model got an update and a price drop as well. It starts at $1299.

The hardware has both remained the same and changed significantly. The CPUs are mostly unchanged in terms of specs, but differ wildly in performance. The GPU is much faster and the battery life is improved. Weight is down, the chassis loses some features and gains others.

There's a lot to talk about, so read on for our full review of these two notebooks.
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Hitachi Ships Industry's Fastest 10K RPM HDD

It's the industry's fastest 10,000 RPM enterprise HDD.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Intel Unveils 120GB SSD: The X25-M Sweet Spot

120GB of Intel SSD goodness for under $250.data storage storage nas storage network attached

LSI Launches $11,500 SSD, Crushes Other SSDs

It matches the performance of 400+ mechanical hard drives.data storage storage nas storage network attached

LaCie 5big Storage Server NAS Review

Back in March 2010, Intel announced an Atom based platform optimized for storage applications. Using either a D410 or the dual core D510, paired with an Intel 82801IR I/O controller, it was touted by Intel to have been picked up by various NAS vendors such as LaCie, LG, QNAP, Synology and Thecus. We have had the LaCie 5big storage server in our labs for the last few weeks. Aimed at the needs of small businesses, the server brings in a wealth of features thanks to the Windows Storage Server 2008 platform on which the NAS runs.





Read on for our review of the LaCie 5big storage server, and to identify whether it would be a good solution for the storage needs of your small business.
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OCZ Reveals New Bootable PCIe SSD

Users can boot their PC using OCZ's new 2nd-generation RevoDrive.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Apple's 11-inch Upgraded MacBook Air: Do 1.6GHz and 4GB Make a Difference?

A couple of weeks ago we looked at Apple's new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs. We came away happy with the upgrades, however a little disappointed at the performance of the 11-inch system. Today we take a look at what $400 in upgrades will get you. Is it enough to make the 11-inch MBA more of a workhorse? Read on to find out.


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Intel X25-M G3 SSD in the Wild, Gets Benched

Say hello to a 25nm SSD.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Visit us at the Navy Small Business Conference

Heading off to San Diego for the Navy Small Business Opportunity Conference on August 17th to 18th? We?ll be there and we’re excited to meet all of you! Stop by Booth #128 on the Ground Level Exhibit Halls in the San Diego Convention Center and chat with a Stonefly representative about our products, your storage [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed

Last week Apple introduced its first significant upgrade to the MacBook Air since it was introduced two years ago. The announcement was met with the arrival of a new form factor for Apple: the 11.6-inch MacBook Air starting at just $999. The 13.3-inch model got an update and a price drop as well. It starts at $1299.

The hardware has both remained the same and changed significantly. The CPUs are mostly unchanged in terms of specs, but differ wildly in performance. The GPU is much faster and the battery life is improved. Weight is down, the chassis loses some features and gains others.

There's a lot to talk about, so read on for our full review of these two notebooks.
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WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e Card

Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Details on Intel's Third-Gen SSD 25nm Refresh

Intel to battle the SandForce.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Iomega Reveals USB 3.0 External SSD

Iomega's rugged external SSD will ship next month.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Zotac ZBOX Blu-Ray HD-ID34 Review

Zotac has become quite popular in recent times for their entry level products in the mini-ITX motherboard, Atom / ION nettop and nVidia GPU space. Their mini-PC lineup started with the Zotac MAG series last year, and this year's refresh comes in the form of the ZBOX.



Zotac sent us their highest end model in the ZBOX lineup, the Zbox HD-ID34. Its specifications satisfy the requirements of an entry level Blu-Ray playing HTPC, but how does it really fare? Read on to find out our impressions after putting this HTPC through the paces.
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Seagate's Industry First 1.5 TB Portable Drive

Seagate added a 2.5-inch 1.5 TB drive to its FreeAgent GoFlex line of HDDs.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Seagate Self-Encrypting HDD Now Gov't Certified

Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive received FIPS 140-2 certification.data storage storage nas storage network attached

550W Roundup: Three PSUs at Different Prices

"You get what you pay for!" Is this maxim realy true? On the one hand there are more than enough expensive PSUs with high ripple and noise results with a noisy fan thrown in as well; on the other hand, you can't get the best capacitors without paying a premium. So let's see how three different 550W power supplies compare, particularly in light of their pricing. There's quite a spread here in terms of cost; how much PSU can you get for your dollar?
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Kingston Reveals SSDNow V100 for Mainstream

After the launch of its corporate-based SSDNow V+, Kingston has launched a consumer-based version.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Cut To The Chase: What Do You Want Your IP SAN To Do?

What are your needs, expectations, and reservations about your IP SAN solution? In short, what do you want your IP SAN to do? As experts, we at DNF Corp. try our hardest to understand what your needs are.� But when it comes down to it we need to hear it from the source ?you. Please [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Barts Video Card

In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the AMD Radeon HD 6850 video card, a DirectX-11 graphics solution that competes at the $200 price point with the 768MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 video card. Graphical frame rate performance is tested using the most demanding PC video game titles and benchmark software available. DirectX-10 favorites such as [...]


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Kingston SSDNow V+100 Review

I'm not sure what it is about SSD manufacturers and overly complicated product stacks. Kingston has no less than six different SSD brands in its lineup. The E Series, M Series, SSDNow V 100, SSDNow V+ 100, SSDNow V+ 100E and SSDNow V+ 180. The E and M series are just rebranded Intel drives, these use Intel's X25-E and X25-M G2 controllers respectively with Kingston logo on the enclosure. The SSDNow V 100 is an update to the SSDNow V Series drives, both of which use the JMicron JMF618 controller. Don't get this confused with the 30GB SSDNow V Series Boot Drive which actually uses a Toshiba T6UG1XBG controller, also used in the SSDNow V+. Confused yet? It gets better.



The standard V+ is gone and replaced by the new V+ 100, which is what we're here to take a look at today. This drive uses the T6UG1XBG controller but with updated firmware. The new firmware enables two things: very aggressive OS-independent garbage collection and higher overall performance. The former is very important as this is the same controller used in Apple's new MacBook Air. In fact, the performance of the Kingston V+100 drive mimics that of Apple's new SSDs.

Read on for our full review.
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Zalman to Make Its Own Line of SSD Drives

Zalman is jumping into the SSD market.data storage storage nas storage network attached

New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability

OCZ is offering new SSDs for the mainstream desktop and laptop PC.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Western Digital WDTV Live Hub Review

Western Digital has become a noted player in the media streamer market over the last two years. Instead of resting on the laurels received for the WDTV, they have continued to introduce new products periodically. Their flagship product lineup started with the WDTV. Introduced in November 2008, it used Sigma Designs 8635. The second generation (2G) product (WDTV Live) added a 100 Mbps wired ethernet port. It used the next generation Sigma chipset, SMP 8655. By then, Netflix became an indispensable requirement for media streamers in the US market. This led WD to introduce the WDTV Live Plus, a 2.5G product which used the Macrovision enabled SMP 8654. Today, Western Digital is introducing their 3G flagship product, the WDTV Live Hub.





We were fortunate enough to gain early access to the WDTV Live Hub (only after it was leaked in Canada by Best Buy, though). WD claims that the 3G product takes all the features from their previous flagship products, and adds a host of attractive features at a price point of just US $199.99. How effective are these new features, and more importantly, are they worth the additional cost? Read on for our review of the WDTV Live Hub.
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Netgear Roku XD: Streaming for the Masses

Today I have in my hands the Netgear Roku XD media streamer, the latest media streaming solution for the living room to get retail store distribution by allying itself with a company best known for networking solutions. Does the Netgear Roku HD have what it takes to compete with the likes of D-link's Boxee Box or Logitech's Revue? What are the limitations and benefits of this particular media streamer? Let's find out.


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Seagate Self-Encrypting HDD Now Gov't Certified

Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive received FIPS 140-2 certification.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Asus WiCast: Wireless 1080p to your TV

Intel's been making a decent amount of noise with their Intel Wireless Display, or "WiDi" technology, something our own Vivek Gowri is a big proponent of. But WiDi has limits, specifically  720p resolutions and Intel HD graphics. Now ASUS brings another solution to the table, the WiCast, which can be connected to any computer and any television and promises latency-free 1080p video and audio. That's no small promise, and the big question is: just how well does it work?


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WD Reveals New Home DLNA Network Drive

This external network drive features a DLNA media server.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Iomega Reveals USB 3.0 External SSD

Iomega's rugged external SSD will ship next month.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed

Last week Apple introduced its first significant upgrade to the MacBook Air since it was introduced two years ago. The announcement was met with the arrival of a new form factor for Apple: the 11.6-inch MacBook Air starting at just $999. The 13.3-inch model got an update and a price drop as well. It starts at $1299.

The hardware has both remained the same and changed significantly. The CPUs are mostly unchanged in terms of specs, but differ wildly in performance. The GPU is much faster and the battery life is improved. Weight is down, the chassis loses some features and gains others.

There's a lot to talk about, so read on for our full review of these two notebooks.
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Apple MacBook Pro 13: Can a Mac Be a Decent Windows Laptop?

Apple fans, please forgive me, and feel free to skip this post. I have been testing out a MacBook Pro 13 running Windows 7 and have put it through our entire PC notebook benchmark suite. We were pretty interested to see how the NVIDIA 320M IGP in the MacBook and MacBook Pro 13 fared compared to low end dedicated cards like the G 310M and the HD 4330, and also to see how much the old Core 2 Duo processor hamstrung the MacBook Pro compared to newer and faster PC notebooks. And on a more subjective level, we wanted to see how the latest MacBooks were as BootCamped systems running mostly in Windows. For those willing to fathom the idea of running Windows 7 as the primary operating system on a Mac portable, keep reading to see how the latest MacBook Pro 13 fares as a Windows 7 laptop.
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Apple's 11-inch Upgraded MacBook Air: Do 1.6GHz and 4GB Make a Difference?

A couple of weeks ago we looked at Apple's new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs. We came away happy with the upgrades, however a little disappointed at the performance of the 11-inch system. Today we take a look at what $400 in upgrades will get you. Is it enough to make the 11-inch MBA more of a workhorse? Read on to find out.


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Hybrid Clouds: are we there yet?

Just 9 months ago, almost 1500 out of a total of 3146 readers (46%) told us in a poll that they feel that "Cloud Computing is hot air, it will blow over". And that is understandable given the confusing buzz surrounding the "Cloud".


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Don't worry, this article is not about philosophizing about the "Cloud Computing" hype. That is definitely not the Anandtech way. We will focus on the infrastructure part, the part that we know best. We visited VMworld Europe 2010 in Kopenhagen just a few days ago. Talking to a lot of different vendors in a few days made the light shine brighter through the clouds. Think Cloud Computing is crazy rambling? Meet the hybrid cloud with VM teleportation, extremely stretched virtual networks and unified communications...

But we should not forget that most Anandtech readers are still hardware enthusiasts. Why should you care about "fluffy" cloud computing? Let us give you a crash course before we dive into the underlying technology.
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Kingston Launches SSDNow V+100 With 96GB

A new SSD capacity size for you to consider.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Corsair HS1 Gaming Headset

At the risk of sounding like a puff piece and marketing drivel, Corsair has been essentially synonymous with quality hardware for a while now. If you were having trouble with cheaper RAM and just wanted to save yourself a headache, or if you wanted kit that you could push as hard as your wallet would allow, you'd buy Corsair. When Corsair jumped into the power supply market, there was another big splash. Cases? The Obsidian series isn't cheap but it's reviewed well the world over. So now what are we to make of Corsair's first stab into the consumer audio world, the HS1 gaming headset?


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550W Roundup: Three PSUs at Different Prices

"You get what you pay for!" Is this maxim realy true? On the one hand there are more than enough expensive PSUs with high ripple and noise results with a noisy fan thrown in as well; on the other hand, you can't get the best capacitors without paying a premium. So let's see how three different 550W power supplies compare, particularly in light of their pricing. There's quite a spread here in terms of cost; how much PSU can you get for your dollar?
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AMD Radeon HD 6850 Overclocking Roundup: Asus, XFX, & MSI

With an all-custom launch for the Radeon HD 6850, the door was immediately opened to a variety of 6850 cards with a wide variety of performance characteristics. In fact you won't even find the reference design for sale in North America, making it all the more important to look at custom cards. As such We have wasted no time in collecting a few cards to see what they’re capable of, and today we'll be looking at those results. After all we’ve seen what the reference card can do, but how about the cards you can actually buy? And how about overclocking, do the latest 6850 cards continue the tradition of the *850 being strong overclockers? Today we’re going to answer all of that and more.


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550W Roundup: Three PSUs at Different Prices

"You get what you pay for!" Is this maxim realy true? On the one hand there are more than enough expensive PSUs with high ripple and noise results with a noisy fan thrown in as well; on the other hand, you can't get the best capacitors without paying a premium. So let's see how three different 550W power supplies compare, particularly in light of their pricing. There's quite a spread here in terms of cost; how much PSU can you get for your dollar?
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WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e Card

Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.data storage storage nas storage network attached

United Utilities & End Users Towards Greater Energy Efficiency

Stonefly is teaming up with the Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA) to present a webinar on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10am PDT. This webinar is aimed to address the best practices, techniques and solutions to optimizing your data center by going green. With experts in the green data center and storage industries, we will [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD Reveals New Home DLNA Network Drive

This external network drive features a DLNA media server.data storage storage nas storage network attached

New Super Talent Flash Drives Use 32 MB Cache

Super Talent release four new USB 3.0 flash drives, two of which utilizes a 32 MB cache buffer for a nice speed boost.data storage storage nas storage network attached

LaCie Offers USB 3.0 HDDs and a Strange Monkey

Everybody wants a computer monkey.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Zotac ZBOX Blu-Ray HD-ID34 Review

Zotac has become quite popular in recent times for their entry level products in the mini-ITX motherboard, Atom / ION nettop and nVidia GPU space. Their mini-PC lineup started with the Zotac MAG series last year, and this year's refresh comes in the form of the ZBOX.



Zotac sent us their highest end model in the ZBOX lineup, the Zbox HD-ID34. Its specifications satisfy the requirements of an entry level Blu-Ray playing HTPC, but how does it really fare? Read on to find out our impressions after putting this HTPC through the paces.
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ARTISAN KAI.g3 HIEN ? SOFT Gaming Mouse Pad Review

Today for review I’ve got another product from Grow Up Japan, yes it’s another mouse pad, but this one is soft surface pad, the last one I looked at was a hard surface. I have to admit I’m impressed by the quality of these pads so far from this company. The one I have today [...]


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ASUS X72D/K72DR: Three Cores, No Waiting

Up to this point, our experiences with AMD's Phenom II mobile line haven't been very favorable. In the desktop world AMD's chips can compete and succeed based on price, but in notebooks thermal properties get added to the mix. Intel's been very aggressive about controlling the mobile market, but is AMD's "we'll sell you more cores for less" strategy going to translate well? On hand is the ASUS X72D, an entry-level desktop replacement notebook designed for media enthusiasts. Is a triple-core mobile AMD chip paired with budget Mobility Radeon graphics and a Blu-ray drive enough?


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Worldwide Digital Data surpassing One Zettabyte by year end

Imagine measuring the world?s digital data ? every download, every blog post, and every ?tweet? that?s created and duplicated on the web. In May 2010, the International Data Corporation (IDC) created a� study predicting that all of the world?s digital data would reach 1.2 zettabytes (or 1.2 million petabytes) by the end of 2010 and [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e Card

Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.data storage storage nas storage network attached

LaCie Crams 1TB Into Durable Aluminum Shell

LaCie's new Rikki Go offers 1TB in a durable aluminum chassis.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Cut To The Chase: What Do You Want Your IP SAN To Do?

What are your needs, expectations, and reservations about your IP SAN solution? In short, what do you want your IP SAN to do? As experts, we at DNF Corp. try our hardest to understand what your needs are.� But when it comes down to it we need to hear it from the source ?you. Please [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Apple's 11-inch Upgraded MacBook Air: Do 1.6GHz and 4GB Make a Difference?

A couple of weeks ago we looked at Apple's new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs. We came away happy with the upgrades, however a little disappointed at the performance of the 11-inch system. Today we take a look at what $400 in upgrades will get you. Is it enough to make the 11-inch MBA more of a workhorse? Read on to find out.


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Your Feedback On The Use of EVGA's GeForce GTX 460 FTW in Last Night's Review

Last night we published our Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 review. In it we made a decision to include a factory overclocked GeForce GTX 460 from EVGA (the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW). For those who aren't aware, NVIDIA has allowed a number of its partners to ship GTX 460s at higher than stock clock speeds. A practice that has been done in the past. The cards are available in retail with full warranties.

A number of you responded in the comments to the article very upset that we included the EVGA card. Even going as far to accuse us of caving to NVIDIA's pressure and demands. Ryan and I both felt it was necessary to address this front and center rather than keep the discussion in the comments.
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China?s Growing Video Surveillance Market ? How will it benefit Overseas Surveillance Brands?

China, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, might also be one of the biggest consumers in the surveillance global market. In a study conducted by IMS Research last month, it is expected that the Chinese surveillance market between 2010 to 2014 will grow over 20% annually, boosting the national surveillance market to [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Worldwide Digital Data surpassing One Zettabyte by year end

Imagine measuring the world?s digital data ? every download, every blog post, and every ?tweet? that?s created and duplicated on the web. In May 2010, the International Data Corporation (IDC) created a� study predicting that all of the world?s digital data would reach 1.2 zettabytes (or 1.2 million petabytes) by the end of 2010 and [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Asus WiCast: Wireless 1080p to your TV

Intel's been making a decent amount of noise with their Intel Wireless Display, or "WiDi" technology, something our own Vivek Gowri is a big proponent of. But WiDi has limits, specifically  720p resolutions and Intel HD graphics. Now ASUS brings another solution to the table, the WiCast, which can be connected to any computer and any television and promises latency-free 1080p video and audio. That's no small promise, and the big question is: just how well does it work?


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Asus Software Unlocks HDDs With Over 2.2 TB

This software for Asus motherboards creates a virtual drive on a 3 TB HDD that can be used in Windows XP, Vista, and 7.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Worldwide Digital Data surpassing One Zettabyte by year end

Imagine measuring the world?s digital data ? every download, every blog post, and every ?tweet? that?s created and duplicated on the web. In May 2010, the International Data Corporation (IDC) created a� study predicting that all of the world?s digital data would reach 1.2 zettabytes (or 1.2 million petabytes) by the end of 2010 and [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

AnandTech 2010 Server Upgrade: The Memory

A couple of months ago we shared with you the CPUs that are going into our new server farm. We've actually started physically installing the machines (hence the brief outage over the weekend) so it's time to share another piece of the server puzzle.

The final configuration we decided on was 12 machines. This is a significant reduction of the number of systems we have installed (currently nearly 30) but the performance per box is much higher, allowing for consolidation through virtualization.

We are building two private clouds: a lighter cloud of 8 machines for our application serving needs (including some redundancy in the cloud), and a 4 machine DB cloud to handle the heavier IO. We'll dive into our infrastructure design in the later, full article but for now let's talk about memory.

The application server cloud is light on memory. Each system in this cloud has 12GB of memory (6 x 2 DDR3-1333 DIMMs). The DB server cloud on the other hand has 48GB of memory per box (12 x 4GB DDR3-1333 DIMMs).

Kingston was nice enough to supply the memory for our project with. The 96 sticks of memory were broken down into 48 x KVR1333D3D4R9S/4GI and 48 x KVR1333D3D8R9S/2GI. If you want to see what 288GB of memory looks like, check out the gallery below.

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Note that for all of the components we selected for this project, we decided upon the components first and then petitioned the manufacturers second. The stipulation was that the AnandTech server farm would be a publicly visible test bed. Any failures of the hardware are public failures and would obviously reflect poorly on the manufacturer. For CPUs and memory it's not so big of a deal - physical failures there are fairly rare, but for SSDs this provided an interesting challenge. More on that in our next installment.
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NVIDIA's GeForce GT 430: The Next HTPC King?

It’s been 7 months since the launch of the first Fermi cards, and at long last we’re here: we’ve reached the end of the road on the Fermi launch. Today NVIDIA is launching the final GPU in the first-generation Fermi stack into the add-in card market, launching the GeForce GT 430 and the GF108 GPU that powers it. After months of launches and quite a bit of anticipation we have the complete picture of Fermi, from the massive GTX 480 to today’s tiny GT 430.

For the GT 430, NVIDIA is taking an interesting position. AMD and NVIDIA like to talk up their cheaper cards’ capabilities in HTPC environments but this is normally in the guise of an added feature. Rarely do we see a card launched on one or two features and today is one of those launches. NVIDIA believes that they’ve made the ultimate HTPC card, and that’s the line they’re going to be using to sell it; gamers need not apply. So just what is NVIDIA up to, and do they really have the new king of the HTPC cards? Let’s find out.


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SanDisk Reveals World's Smallest SSD, the 'iSSD'

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WD Reveals New Home DLNA Network Drive

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Dell XPS Laptops: Back to the Future

Dell's first XPS system debuted way back in 1993, with the first XPS laptops coming a decade later. The past several years have been quiet on the XPS front, while Dell pushed their Alienware brand into the high performance segment. Now, Dell is ready to relaunch the XPS brand with several new high performance laptops designed to compete in the "premium laptop" market, going toe-to-toe with the likes of HP's Envy and the various MacBook Pros.

 


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Mimedia Online Storage Sends HDD For Backup

This new backup service gathers the goods via a mail-in HDD.data storage storage nas storage network attached

ASUS G73Jw: Out with the Old, In with the New

The original ASUS G73Jh was an instant classic: a great performer with a good screen, build quality and cooling at an amazing price. Six months later, ASUS is coming out with a “new and improved” version with a few updates to make things interesting. Most of the upgrades are straightforward but sensible: the i7-720QM has been replaced with the new i7-740QM and USB 3.0 support is now part of the package. The far more controversial changes come courtesy of the GPU: AMD’s HD 5870 is out and NVIDIA’s GTX 460M is in, which also means HDMI 1.4 is now included. While the HDMI update is nice (but mostly useful if you want 120Hz 3D output), the GPU performance is a tougher call. Is this a better overall notebook or mostly a lateral move? That’s what we’re here to find out.


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Luxa2 H4 iPad holder

Using an iPad can be quite annoying sometimes since it’s relatively big, it tends to get heavy after awhile. However Luxa2 has come to the rescue and found a solution for this” They have released the H4 iPad holder that allows you to twist and turn the holder the way you want it, this will [...]


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ASUS Radeon HD 6850 Direct CU 1 GB

The new ASUS Radeon HD 6850 Direct CU aims to be the king of the sub-$200 segment. It offers plenty of performance for the latest DirectX 11 titles, overclocks very well and comes with improvements to the display output configuration. Instead of an AMD reference heatsink the card uses an ASUS Direct Touch heatpipe solution. [...]


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Seagate's Industry First 1.5 TB Portable Drive

Seagate added a 2.5-inch 1.5 TB drive to its FreeAgent GoFlex line of HDDs.data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD Reveals New Home DLNA Network Drive

This external network drive features a DLNA media server.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Angelbird to Bring PCIe SSD on the Cheap

Extreme SSD performance over PCI-Express on the cheap? There's hope!data storage storage nas storage network attached

Seagate Says Future is Hybrid HDD, Not Pure SSD

Seagate's placing bets that people still want big, capacious HDDs, not just pure SSD speed.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Zotac ZBOX Blu-Ray HD-ID34 Review

Zotac has become quite popular in recent times for their entry level products in the mini-ITX motherboard, Atom / ION nettop and nVidia GPU space. Their mini-PC lineup started with the Zotac MAG series last year, and this year's refresh comes in the form of the ZBOX.



Zotac sent us their highest end model in the ZBOX lineup, the Zbox HD-ID34. Its specifications satisfy the requirements of an entry level Blu-Ray playing HTPC, but how does it really fare? Read on to find out our impressions after putting this HTPC through the paces.
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Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed

Last week Apple introduced its first significant upgrade to the MacBook Air since it was introduced two years ago. The announcement was met with the arrival of a new form factor for Apple: the 11.6-inch MacBook Air starting at just $999. The 13.3-inch model got an update and a price drop as well. It starts at $1299.

The hardware has both remained the same and changed significantly. The CPUs are mostly unchanged in terms of specs, but differ wildly in performance. The GPU is much faster and the battery life is improved. Weight is down, the chassis loses some features and gains others.

There's a lot to talk about, so read on for our full review of these two notebooks.
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