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Yes, FireWire is Faster Than USB

July 30, 2008 By Stephen 1 Comment

This should not come as a shock to anyone, as it has been proven before, but let me take this moment to say that, yes, despite their rated speeds, 400-megabit FireWire S400 (aka IEEE 1394) is faster than 480-megabit USB 2.0. While swapping out disk drives (first to upgrade the internal drive in my MacBook Pro and later to give Time Machine more room), I took some quick … [Read more...] about Yes, FireWire is Faster Than USB

How To Move OS X Time Machine Backups To A New Disk

July 26, 2008 By Stephen 32 Comments

Well, that happened pretty quickly!  After upgrading the internal hard drive on my MacBook Pro to 320 GB, I moved the 120 GB disk Apple shipped with the machine to my Verbatim SmartDisk FireWire+USB enclosure to use as a Time Machine backup target.  Despite applying some tricks to reduce the amount of data backed up by Time Machine, I filled up the 120 GB drive pretty quickly … [Read more...] about How To Move OS X Time Machine Backups To A New Disk

Upgraded! 320 GB in a MacBook Pro!

June 25, 2008 By Stephen 10 Comments

I know I'm not the first to do this, but it does make me chuckle to have upgraded a brand new machine less than a week after buying it.  That's right, my brand new MacBook Pro now has 4 GB of RAM and a massive 320 GB of disk space.  If you're thinking of upgrading your disk, whether you have a Mac or PC, now might be a good time, as prices have recently hit a new low … [Read more...] about Upgraded! 320 GB in a MacBook Pro!

Big Little Disks Are On The Way

June 16, 2008 By Stephen Leave a Comment

The relentless march of hard drive capacity is about to reach its next cantonment as 500 GB 2.5" drives begin to arrive this month.  These little half-terabyte wonders will continue the downward pressure on price and challenge flash-based drives just as they stake their claim in the main stream of the market. … [Read more...] about Big Little Disks Are On The Way

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