For all of its annoying quirks, there’s one thing about binary that we just love: the returns to scale eventually ramp up quite quickly for consumers in the base-2 world.
When we last featured a solid state disk (SSD) post, we were extolling the virtues of OCZ’s 32GB and 64GB drives. But let’s face it: even [...]

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If you were on board the Solid State Disk (SSD) bandwagon of our previous post until you came to the part about price, consider this do-it-yourself alternative.
GeekStuff4U carries the SSD adapter you see pictured on the right for $188.65, minus the CompactFlash (CF) cards.
GeekStuff4U specifically mentions the device is compatible with SanDisk Extreme III/IV CF [...]

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If you’re looking for the most geek points inside your laptop, the only way to go is with a solid state disk (SSD).
An SSD is a drop-in replacement for your laptop’s internal mechanical hard drive that delivers a number of benefits:faster performance (especially booting the system or loading apps)no moving partsmuch greater durabilitylower power [...]

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Like most sensible people, we’re Mac users here at StuffGeeksWant. But as sensible people, we can also recognize and appreciate a well engineered computer when we see one, even if it doesn’t have an Apple logo.
To that end, we present Alienware’s new Area-51 m17x High Performance Notebook Computer. (Don’t call it a laptop, unless you [...]

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