Hardware
Most of the internal components in a notebook are soldered or glued together and cannot be replaced by the user. The components that are (usually) replaceable for improved performance, however, are RAM memory modules and hard drive. One of the reasons to upgrade your hard drive is getting more storage space, but switching to a faster hard drive or SSD may also have a significant impact on the overall performance of a laptop. Laptop Logic tests and compares hard drives and sorts out what kind of benefits you can achieve from upgrading.Sort by
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Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 160GB 2.5
Hitachi seems to have a winner on their hands. We'll see if that's the case by showing the drive's performance through a series of synthetic and real world tests. Read review
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Vantec Nexstar Hard Drive Dock
The Vantec Hard Drive Dock is fairly simple, nothing short of attractive. Vantec went for a clean white look, punctuated by blue LEDs that are pleasing to the eye. The large power button is front and center along with the hard drive activity LED so you know when your drive is up to something. Read review
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Vantec EZ Swap EX and NexStar SX hard drive enclosures
Two upcoming drive enclosures from Vantec attempt to bring even more flexibility to the external hard drive market with the Vantec EZ Swap EX, a 2.5' enclosure that docks in a installable 5.25' or floppy drive bay, and the Vantec NexStar SX, a sleek and lightweight 2.5' Read review
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Hitachi 7K200 7200rpm 2.5-Inch hard drive
In this review, we pace a Qosmio F45 unit with its 250GB 4200rpm Fujitsu drive against the brand new Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 7200rpm 200GB. Will the upgrade win us over? Let’s find out! Read review
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2.5-Inch Perpendicular Recording HDD Roundup
Perpendicular magnetic recording is a relatively new storage technology that has moved into the mainstream. Seagate, Hitachi, and Western Digital all incorporate this new technology into their mainstream 5400RPM product lines which span a large range of capacities and prices. Read review
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Vantec Nexstar 3 eSATA/USB & eSATA PC Card
When you first open the package from Vantec, the first thing you'll notice is the attention and detail taken with these products. The shiny finish on the metal enclosure is very eye catching, and rather reflective. Read review
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SanDisk Cruzer Titanium and Micro Flash Drive
The Cruzer Titanium and Cruzer Micro are the top-range of USB Flash drives, and it has a number of new features that rationalize the price for Windows users. Read review
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Imation 4GB Micro Hard Drive
Imation has a miniature hard-drive based storage device, a unique design, and the legendary Imation name behind it all; but is that enough to compete against the likes of Seagate? Read review
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Seagate 100GB 2.5-Inch & 5GB 1.0-Inch USB Drives
Seagate's line of external 2.5" drives are well designed for the mobile user. The enclosure for the 2.5" notebook drive is small, light, and sturdy. We've used and abused this drive for months, toting it around in a number of different ways with no problems thus far. Read review
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Seagate 160GB 5400.3 2.5-inch Hard Drive
Seagate has always been an innovator in disk storage, and the new 5400.3 notebook drive is the first of its kind. This new lineup introduces perpendicular recording technology to the notebook storage market. Read review
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