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Slowly but surely, solid-state-drives are making their entrance into mainstream acceptance. For sometime, higher-end laptops from Apple, Sony, HP, etc. have offered optional SSD hard disks as replacements for mechanical drives, which, due to moving parts, are significantly slower than solid-state storage for random and sequential reading (as well as random writing) speed. More consumers are taking notice of SSD because their benefits are readily apparent: much faster operating system and application boot up times and quicker general response from computers. Unfortunately, the biggest hurdle of SSD (in addition to first generation drives that had terrible Jmicron controllers) has remained its small capacity and high price. While drives are becoming more affordable and bigger, 60-64Gb disks are still in the $150+ range. People like myself have waited for the ideal solution, and with Corsair’s budget Nova series, I think that I have found it. More »


Regularly $100, the budget 32Gb Nova solid-state-drive from Corsair is $69.99 for a limited spell after a $20 mail-in rebate. After years of putting it off, I am finally going to get an SSD as my main OS X drive, the Corsair Nova, which has the benefit of TRIM support right out of the box. More »


If 256-bit AES hardware encryption is still not safe enough for your highly sensitive data, then Corsair’s Padlock 2 includes a digital lock that is nearly impossible for trespassers to pry into. At just a tad over $50, this drive is worth the investment for professional spies. More »


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