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want to switch from hard drives' conventional 'to the SSD-based hard drives? Kingston is working to ease the process with a package SSDNow Series M.
Package solid-state drive (SSD) SSDNow M Series consists of two options, 80 GB and 160GB. This package not only contains the SSD hard drive, but also other equipment that have been able to facilitate a migration.

SSD technology, similar to that currently used on a USB Flash Disk, as the storage technology of the future. One advantage is no use moving parts.

As quoted from the written description, Selasa (26/5/2009), SSDNow M Series SATA SSD using the Intel X-25M. In addition to the storage media, this package comes with software and Acronis True Image installation CD.

Then, this package also provides a USB cable, 2.5 "to 3.5" drive bay with mounting brackets and cable length SATA data and power.

Kingston hopes with this package the user will be easier to switch to disk-based SSD. Migration of applications, operating systems and data is easily integrated with these packages.

Imation introduces Apollo 2.5 "Portable Hard Disk Drive. Even though the slim shape, the device is claimed to have a strong resistance.
Imation Apollo 2.5 "portable hard disk drive is a pocket sized device is available with a capacity of 320 and 500 GB. Apollo in the near future will also be present with a capacity of 1 Terrabyte (TB).

Products with a clutch size of this design has a slim and stylish. But on the other hand, this device has been a strong resistance.

This device uses a USB 2.0 interface and the old version 1.1 to connect to a computer. Although not require additional power, this device is also equipped with two USB connectors for power supply and data transfer.

Apollo 2.5 "application with Total Media Back Up. With this software, user can perform backups, scheduled backups, restore, and synchronization.

Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB not simply Portable Hardisk. Capacity of this giant to create a product called the Data Center is eligible on the table.

Seagate FreeAgent Desk is available in various capacities ranging from 500GB (gigabytes) to 1.5TB (terabyte).
Capacity terbalut giant is in the device that has a slim and stylish design

Unfortunately, the stylish external Hardisk this only provides a USB port for connection. In fact, with the capacity of such a giant, Seagate FreeAgent will get the benefits of speed when using the FireWire port. Though can not understand that all computers equipped with FireWire ports.

More Stylish

This time the opportunity to try an external hard drive series from Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB of capacity. The first impression when I saw this product is the brief appearance and style.

Dominated by the colors silver and white on the side of the body make this product look more 'clean'. The view outside is feasible to create this product is put on the table without creating 'eye sore'.

Indicator lights located in front of a giant hard drive capacity is in addition to functioning as an indication of activity hardisk also add beauty products. How not, when you're in working condition, the lamp will blink until evenly like a shining light show in a dark room.

Performance

To test the reliability of this hard drive, using a utility called HD Tune. Utility can do this small test of how great a hard drive to perform the work in the day-to-day.

Result, the ability to read the hard drive seems this is limited by the only interface that has the cable. Test results from HD Tune shows the ability hardisk read this are in the average 27.9MB/sec with mininum rate 24.6 MB / sec and Maximum 30.3 MB / sec.

While access to time, this hard drive takes time of 13.3 ms and CPU usage charge of 32.1%. See the results of this hard drive seems more suitable to use for a backup file or to save hundreds of thousands of MP3 song collection.


Test results transfer Rate:
Minimum 24.6 MB / sec
Maximum 30.3 MB / sec
Average 27.9 MB / sec

Access time: 13.3 ms
Burst rate: 22.7 MB / sec
CPU Usage: 32.1%

Advantages:
+ Bobotnya light
+ Brief form and stylish
+ Transfer rate stable

Disadvantages
- Only provides a USB port

Seagate as one of the vendor computer storage media that is big enough, bring some portable hard drive variants. One of them is a Seagate Free Agent Go, a portable hard drive that is comfortable to carry and has a carry-look interesting.
Hard drives are available in various capacities ranging from 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB. Reviews of the Seagate Free Agent Go 500 GB (approximately half terabajti).

Views hardisk is not much different with the Seagate Free Agent Desk that we never try before. In fact, at a glance, only different in size only problem.

Clearly the most interesting of these is the product looks, smooth edge, a slim body, with the indicator light sweet. Seagate Free Agent Go is suitable for users who look to the problems in the media.

Products that have a weight of 160 grams of this using a USB 2.0 interface for data transfer. This device is used on both the operating system Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista.

In addition to the display problem, that the device is not noisy when used. In fact, it has a rotaso 5400 Rotation per Minute (Rpm), fast enough, and potentially removing the hum or hiss that disrupt.

Performance

For performance issues, using HD Tune to see how powerful this medium in terms of process data. Whether it just to write or read data that you want to use.

Future benchmark results with HD Tune using the application, may be the product has an average speed of reading data at 28.8 MB / sec and the ability to write an average of 23.8 MB / sec.

Not stunning results, especially with eating CPU resource of 24.7% making this product quite greedily consume power. But for everyday use, watch a video or listen to songs, this disk are still very comfortable.

Benchmark results in MB / sec

* Read / Write
* Minimum: 27.8 MB/23, 7MB
* Maximum: 30.0 MB/24, 1MB
* Average: 28.8 MB/23, 8MB
* CPU Usage: 24.7% / 10.9%


Excellence:
+ Views and captivating sweet
+ Not noisy

Disadvantages:
- The benchmark is not spectacular

Imation introduces Apollo 2.5 "Portable Hard Disk Drive. Even though the slim shape, the device is claimed to have a strong resistance.

Imation Apollo 2.5 "portable hard disk drive is a pocket sized device is available with a capacity of 320 and 500 GB.
As quoted from the written description, Wednesday (29/4/2009), Apollo in the near future will also be present with a capacity of 1 Terrabyte (TB) .

Products with a clutch size of this design has a slim and stylish. But on the other hand, this device has been a strong resistance.

This device uses a USB 2.0 interface and the old version 1.1 to connect to a computer. Although not require additional power, this device is also equipped with two USB connectors for power supply and data transfer.

Apollo 2.5 "application with Total Media Back Up. With this software, user can perform backups, scheduled backups, restore, and synchronization.