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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Linksys CIT200 Cordless Internet Telephony
The new Linksys CIT200 Skype phone stems from the intellectual merger of Linksys hardware and Skype VoIP technologies. Voice over IP (VoIP) technology has been around for some time, enabling users to make phone calls on a global scale through the internet with one flat fee. 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...
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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Lenovo Secure Hard Drive-160gb
There are plenty of reasons why a mobile user would want his/her information securely stored - and the Lenovo USB Secure HDD gives one that option Read review
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2.5-inch Hard Drive Roundup
One of the most common questions new notebook users have is "Which hard drive should I get?" There are of course a variety of answers depending on budget and uses, but quantitative answers are hard to come by. With this review, we look to comprehensively test the majority of 2.5" hard drives available today. Read review
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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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2.5-Inch Perpendicular Recording HDD...
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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Face Off: Hitachi 7K100 vs Seagate 7200.1
The world held their breath when the 100GB 7200RPM models were announced. Finally, a drive larger than 60GB that would offer near desktop performance with the 7200RPM spindle speed. Seagate and Hitachi promised high performance and high capacity, but unfortunately they couldn't deliver it in a timely manner. Read review
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