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WD introduces solid state drives for notebooks, desktops

WD introduces solid state drives for notebooks, desktops

Posted by | Mar 3, 2010 | , |

Western Digital (http://www.wdc.com) is shipping its first consumer-oriented solid state drive (SSD) with the new WD SiliconEdge 2.5-inch SSD family. The company has also introduced WD SiliconDrive N1x 2.5-inch SSD family.

WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs are available in capacities up to 256GB, feature a native SATA 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface with read speeds up to 250MB per second (MB/second) and write transfer rates up to 170 MB/second. F

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‘Your Mac Life’ looks at the Olympics, Apple hype, and the iPad

Posted by | Mar 3, 2010 | |

This week’s “Your Mac Life” looks at the recent Olympics and the iPad.

There’s an interview with Steve Mesler, Olympic Gold medalist for the USA Men’s Four Man Bobsled team. Plus, there are commentaries about Apple hype and Rob Enderle’s misguided opinions about the iPad.

You can listen in this and every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8 pm (Pacific). Live video is on Your Mac Life! You can watch the show live at http://yml.macosg.com/ — or you can listen in to the plain old audio feed at http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com/QT/stream.mov .

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Review: Eos unveils Converge system for Macs, PCs, iPhones

Review: Eos unveils Converge system for Macs, PCs, iPhones

Posted by | Mar 3, 2010 | , |

If you want wireless audio throughout your house and office — and don’t mind spending some not-inconsiderable scratch to make it happen — the Eos Converge from Eos Wireless (http://www.eoswireless.com) offers a painless way to do so.

Eos Converge offers a way to stream music from a Mac, PC, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV or other audio source into every area of the house. It’s easy to set up and use, but costs US$89.95 per unit.

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Some advantages of HDMI on the Mac

Posted by | Mar 3, 2010 | , |

There have been reports (http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_to_introduce_hmdi_on_some_macs/) that Apple will include a HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) on some upcoming Macs, at least the Mac mini. With Apple’s increasing dominance in the areas of digital media, that’s a good idea.

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Macsimum Poll: Wi-Fi or 3G iPad?


Posted by | Mar 3, 2010 | |

In this week’s poll, we’re asking if you plan to buy a Wi-Fi or 3G iPad (assuming, of course, you’re planning to buy one of the Apple devices). The poll is located on the right hand side of the home page beneath the Macsimum Opinion column.

In last week’s poll, we if you had changed your mind about the iPad, now that more info was available. Eight-two percent of you said “no,” and 18% said “yes.”

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