Solid State Drive (SSD) Failures

This week, both Lenovo and Dell wanted to talk about Solid State Drives, and the numerous articles that have recently been written in regards to failure rates. I’ve read several of them, and was tempted to post a few, but I decided to wait and … Read more

HP Pavilion dv3000 Series

Looks like the Dell XPS M1330 is going to get a serious challenge, in the form of the upcoming HP Pavilion dv3000 series. HP.com is listing quite a few models (from the dv3000tx through dv30013tx), however those are probably North America-specific. This is the first … Read more

Toshiba Comments about Portege, Libretto U100

NotebookReview had a chance to talk with Todd Smith, Director of Product Marketing for Toshiba of Canada, about the future (and past) of Toshiba’s laptop plans. Todd commented on the Toshiba Portege series (in relation to the attention they get versus the Apple MacBook Air), … Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad X300: What You Won’t Be Reading in a Review

Up on Lenovo’s Inside the Box blog, the ThinkPad X300 designers have posted a comprehensive article about the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 covering, in their words, some of the things you won’t be reading in a review. They literally are things we haven’t seen in any … Read more

Fujitsu’s New 2.5″ 500GB SATA Drive

Yes, you read that right. Fujitsu is coming out with a 500GB 2.5″ Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. Specifications of the MHZ2 BT drive – 1.8W – 4200rpm – 3.0GB/s – 8MB Cache No word on when these will roll out. Source: Akihabara News Updated: … Read more