OWC Gives a Sneak Peek at new PCIe SSD Card
While we are not in the habit of announcing products before they’re ready to launch, we decided to let the lid off of this one a little early, as it is quite exciting. We’d like to introduce you to our new PCIe-based SSD. This card has a “stackab...
Thailand Flood Update: It May Be Longer Than We Thought.
We know that, to some, we seem to be talking about the Thailand situation an awful lot. However, since the flooding has affected hard drive production, that impacts the entire industry and we figure it’s better to let you know what’s happening, so ...
Thailand Floods & The Resulting Consequences
Let’s face it: the recent flooding situation in Thailand and the imminent hard drive shortage has many of us concerned, as approximately 40-50% of the world’s hard disk drives are manufactured in the affected areas. With production halted, ...
Thailand Floods Affecting Hard Drive Availability & Prices – UPDATE
Last Tuesday, we told you about how flooding in Thailand may affect hard drive prices and availability. One week later, things aren’t looking so good. We mentioned that Western Digital’s Thailand plants are mostly underwater from the flooding. Thos...
Flooding in Thailand May Affect Hard Drive Prices
A heavier-than-normal rainy season in Thailand may result in some instability in the platter-based hard drive market. Western Digital, one of the biggest names in hard drives, has two hard drive factories in Thailand, at least one of which is now under...
OWC Data Doubler “DIY Kit” Enables Adding Up To 2.0TB Internal Storage Capacity To MacBook And MacBook Pro Computers
Other World Computing announced today the OWC Data Doubler 1.0TB DIY Kit for adding up to 2.0TB of internal storage capacity to “Unibody” MacBook and MacBook Pro computers. The OWC Data Doubler 1.0TB DIY Kit is available for immediate ordering an...
New iMac Drives Not Meant to Be Replaced, And I Hate It
Don't replace the hard drive in your new 2011 iMac, or the fans will scream like a banshee as they spin up to full-speed and the Apple Hardware Test (AHT) will fail. It's the latest sign that Apple is against user meddling, and it sucks.
Firmware Update Enables 6Gb/s in 2011 iMacs.
Well… that was quick! Just two days after they were released, the 2011 iMacs have a firmware update. While iMac EFI Update 1.6 is described as including “fixes that improve performance and stability for Thunderbolt,” it would also seem that a...
Vietnamese Videos Show Old iOS 4 Build With Several Unreleased Features
Two videos from Vietnamese website Tinhte [Google Translation] making the rounds of the Internet this morning claimed to show an internal build of the soon-to-be-announced iOS 5 running on a prototype white unit of the iPhone 5. The videos generated quite a debate on several blogs and among iOS developers on Twitter as a completely...
Apple Internal Only Info About MacBook Air Display Issues Leaked
The super slim runway model MacBook Air is the best MacBook I’ve had so far. It’s thin, light, and zippy fast for the work I need to do – like this blog post and everything I need to do while mobile so far. Unfortunately it...New iPod touch has vibration motor (Update: No, it doesn’t)
FCC pictures of the brand new iPod touch's internal tech show that the device has a vibrating motor inside of it. According to Apple, the motor will be used with FaceTime, but presumably, it'll work when any app calls for vibration. That should help f...
See what’s under your Mac’s skin.
Ever wonder what security see’s when you are going through the airport or what your iPad looks like on the inside?
I know we have posted OWC Jamie’s excellent photo of innards of the iMac. You may...
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