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Hands-on with the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini SSD

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2011)

When I think of RAID, I usually envision a large box full of whirring drives installed in a rack, not a quiet little box that I can connect to a MacBook. Thanks to Other World Computing, the way I visualize RAID will have to change. For those of you who might be unfamiliar with the term RAID, it ...

Blu-ray recordable drive for Macs

by Steven Sande (Jul 1st, 2008)

Is it time to finally put your HD mountain biking documentary on Blu-ray? Apple upgrade vendor MCE Technologies announced availability of a totally Mac-compatible Blu-ray recordable drive for Mac Pro and Power Mac. The $499 (internal) drive is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.2 and later, requiring no ...

Rig of the Day: Typical desk

by Dave Caolo (Jan 18th, 2006)

I love this shot because it looks a lot like my own desk: Mac, Coke, iPod, external hard drive, books, random junk...ahh. I'm feeling productive already. I'm also glad to see that I'm not the only one who has powered speakers sitting around and doing nothing. "iBook at Work" posted ...

LaCie Rugged: Successor to the Pocket Drive?

by Dave Caolo (Jan 9th, 2006)

First and foremost: I love LaCie Drives. From the bad boys we use at work to the beige, external SCSI boxes I have connected to my ancient Macs, they just run and run. For the longest time, my favorite general use LaCie external has been the recently discontinued Pocket Drive. It was very small, ...