For a limited time only, ORIGIN PC is giving away a FREE solid state hard drive of up to 256GB to customers who purchase an ORIGIN system.
The Inspiron 9 has the requisite wi-fi connection, a lightweight solid-state hard drive and Intel 's zippy new Atom processor.
Boasting solid state drive (SSD) like speed and hard disk drive capacity, the new Seagate Laptop and Laptop Thin SSHDs are the most affordable way to increase your laptop performance.
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Configure-to-order options include up to 8 GBs of memory, a faster 7200 RPM hard drive and a 256GB solid state drive.
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The solid state drive (being smaller and theoretically faster) is meant to contain the OS while the hard drive is to be used for data.
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However, the dock has a lot going for it, on top of its general rigidity: extra ports (including HDMI and USB 3.0), an SD card expansion slot, a 500GB hard drive to complement the fast solid state drive within the tablet itself, and a second battery to increase running time.
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Apple, for example, has also frustrated hard-disk drive makers by featuring solid state drives across its line of notebook computers and eliminating spinning disks in the MacBook Air, its thinnest, lightest model.
Western Digital Corp. (WDC) : A lot of investors are sour on this California-based firm, a longtime leader in the hard drive and digital storage business, because of the shift away from hard drives toward solid-state and flash drives.
The device also comes standard with 4GB RAM, expandable to 8GB, and a 320GB 7200rpm hard disk drive, with an optional 128GB solid state drive available.
The "A-Drive" represents the next generation of storage innovation providing capacities of up to 1 TB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) with 32 GB Solid State Drive (SSD).
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