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New MacBook Pros shipped with HDDs only have 1.5Gbps SATA enabled {Engadget}
Jun 15th 2009 5:04PM Stop.
This is most likely due to a jumper on the hdd. No current hdd today (not even 3.5") will get over 120MB/s, and since this speed handles over 150MB/s, there is nothing to worry about.
The controller is the same as the one used with the SSD versions, so replacing the hdd with a ssd will probably get you full 3.0Gb/s speeds.
Calm the hell down.
DisplayLink for Linux turns a humble wireless router into a beautiful PC {Engadget}
May 18th 2009 5:35PM Tomato firmware http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato already has a great real time graph in ajax. I'm using it with my Asus WL-500gP right now. This has me thinking about how hard it'd be to get the graph running in a display.
Me thinks there are many exciting times to come from this!
PhotoFast G-Monster-Promise PCIe SSD does 1000MB/s read and writes {Engadget}
May 5th 2009 6:00PM Wrong, MB does not equal Mb
One is 10 (or 8, depending on encoding) times more than the other.
SATA is 3 Gb/s Giga bits per second
SATA is NOT 3 Giga Bytes per second
Also, Giga is not 1000x Mega, when we're talking in bits/bytes.
So, SATA is 3 Giga bits / second
1 Giga bits = 128 Mega Bytes
3 Giga bits = 384 Mega Bytes
So, SATA is limited to 384 Mega Bytes / second
PCI Express throughput per lane (1x) (8x or 16x will be 8 or 16x faster)
v1.x: 250 MB/s (That's 250 Mega Bytes / second)
v2.0: 500 MB/s (That's 500 Mega Bytes / second)
v3.0: 1 GB/s (That's 1 Giga Bytes / second)
So, even at PCI-e v1, on an x8 slot, PCI-e is much faster.
When you start working with v2 and v3, there is just no competition. SATA is slow in comparison.
Seagate Replica does automatic, incremental backup for the everyman {Engadget}
Apr 27th 2009 1:28PM @htd
Yes, every Mac that you can buy today DOES, in fact, come with Leopard.
Not sure what you were trying to get at, or if you were just trying to argue, but you are wrong.
Engadget's recession antidote: win an Aperion Bravus 8A subwoofer! {Engadget}
Apr 27th 2009 1:24PM Everyone should just eat cheese
Herd of oversized concrete computer mice seen rushing for the shore -- do they know something we don't? {Engadget}
Apr 26th 2009 11:41AM Yes brian, mice need drivers. Most operating systems include basic drivers though. However, if you ever bought a mouse better than the freebie that came with your bargain basement Dell, you'd realize that many mice have extra buttons, more features, and better sensitivity with their manufacturer's drivers installed. I use a Mac, and personally HATE every mouse Apple has ever made. I use an Evoluent Vertical Mouse with my Mac, and it works great.
Herd of oversized concrete computer mice seen rushing for the shore -- do they know something we don't? {Engadget}
Apr 26th 2009 10:51AM Yeah, these would NEVER work with an Apple computer. Apple sucks.
Wait, what's that? Apple has supported left and right click since the 1990's? They INCLUDE drivers for most mice available today?
Oh. Well, I still hate Apple, just cuz it's cool to hate on Apple.
Engadget's 5th birthday giveaway, part 1: win an Optimus Maximus keyboard! {Engadget}
Apr 14th 2009 7:16PM Woot! Me want!
AOC keeps it simple with $160 F19 LCD monitor {Engadget}
Nov 21st 2008 8:20AM "it would take a lot of different pixel sizes to make that trapezoid screen shape"
Lulz, perspective fail.
Core i7 dated for November 17th, approximately priced {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2008 7:40AM Durrr.....
No.
