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In a world of smartphones, tablets, and ultrathin laptops, it’s easy to see and use the terms “hard drive” and “SSD” somewhat interchangeably. After all, virtually all common consumer electronics ...

The next-gen consoles will use SSD technology rather than a hard drive (HDD) to store your game installs. What is the main difference between SSD vs HDD? That is easy. An SSD, a solid state drive, is ...

Solid-state drives won't approach magnetic hard-disk drives in pricing anytime soon, if ever. Comparison shopping makes SSDs look like a luxury purchase. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer ...

Not everything needs to be saved to an SSD ...

Windows 10 isn’t scheduled to “sunset” for another two years (and a month, since I’m writing this in early September), but I’m already executing on a hardware replacement plan for my Microsoft Surface ...

After checking the Intel Product Compatibility Tool, I populated the system with two 16-GB SO-DIMMs for a total of 32GB of RAM (Corsair 32GB Kit 16GBx2 DDR4 2400 MT/S), and installed a 1.8 TB SATA SSD ...

It’s always a strange moment saying goodbye to a technology you’ve used forever, and I now find myself waving farewell to another one: the humble spinning-platter hard drive. Sure, I’ve been using ...

Data is omnipresent. It’s stored on different devices — traditionally on a desktop PC, but now perhaps even more importantly on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. Even though data and ...

Many of us do a bit of housekeeping at the end of the year, and it can be shocking to see how much hard drive space we've filled up in 2025. Picking up a new storage solution, whether you opt for an ...