Tuesday March 11, 2008
- Intel to Manufacture High Performance SSD - Lionel - 13:19:06
Source : Dailytech
If Intel already manufactured SSD, the success was rather low due to the low storage capacity of the offer.But Intel did not drop the project neither the potential juicy market, and will offer in a near future MLC chips-based SSDs in 1.8" and 2.5" format, with storage space ranging from 80 to 160GB. The goal is to compete with Samsung-branded SSDs, while offering similar performance levels (100MB/s in reading and 70MB/s in writing mode).
Intel expects the price of SSD to drop by 40% this year, and then yearly by 50% in the future. So, SSD should become affordable for consumer electronic market by the end of the decade.
[translation by Linathael]
- New: making a USB sound card - Lionel - 12:59:45
Kiryu offers a new article in partnership with Mactronique, comprising the instructions and plans to build a small input/output analog and digital S/PDIF audio USB interface. The card provides an input/output analog audio RCA plug with a 48kHz sampling up to 16 bits, input / output format digital S / PDIF taken on RCA or Optical fiber, and an unmanned operation for the computer, and is compatible with any system that can manage input/output audio through the USB port.
To realize this assembly, double-sided printed circuit board manufacturing with professional will be offered at a very reasonable price. Interested persons may consult the forum to assess the amount of the first manufacturing run.
Making a sound card a USB input / output
[translation by jeremy]
- Good Deals on the Refurb Store - Lionel - 10:37:33
With the recent release of new models, Apple is emptying its stocks from older units via the Refurb Store. Both parties are winning, as consumers can get good deals (not always) with larger discount. Our selection for today:
- MacBook from 779€
- iMac Alu 20" from 999€
- Mac mini from 529€...
shorter link to the Refurb Store
[translation by Linathael]
- New High-End MacBook Pro vs. Previous Model - Lionel - 10:33:55
Barefeats compared the new high-end MacBook Pro 2.6GHz Penryn and the previous model based on Santa Rosa clocked at 2.4GHz.
the performance gain is not marginal, and more important than the one expected from a CPU speed boost. With Cinebench, the CPU performance improved by 16% while using Motion as a benchmark, the performance improvement ranges from 23 to 32%.
So, one can clearly see the advantages of having Penryn processors in Macs, especially with their larger cache and support for SSE4 instruction set.
Lat but not least, the new high-end is faster but it is less power consuming and does not heat your legs as much as the previous model.
for complete review, please visit our friend: http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp01.html
[translation by Linathael]
- MacBook Air SMC Update 1.0 Available - Eric - 10:24:48
Apple released another update yesterday, this one is dedicated to MacBook Air owners:
About MacBook Air SMC Update 1.0Additional information from the following webpage: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookairsmcupdate10.html)
The SMC Update fine tunes the speed and operation of the internal fan.
This update is recommended for all MacBook Air systems. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the process.
