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Initial tests show faster boot, read and write times under Apple’s Fusion Drive

There may be ample reason to go with a Fusion Drive inside your Mac. Per Techfast Lunch&Dinner, a series of tests run by the site found the Fusion Drive Mac mini started in just 15.7 seconds, while the 2012 Mac mini with a traditional hard drive took 34.1 seconds to start. Major improvements were also […]

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iCloud beta web site points out web-based Notes, Reminders

This could be nifty. Per MacRumors, Apple’s iCloud Beta site on Monday was updated with web versions of the iOS apps Notes and Reminders and joins the two other beta-labeled additions to iCloud.com, Calendar and Find My iPhone. The web-based Notes is much like the iOS app seen in landscape mode on the iPad complete […]

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Rumor: Apple to use Toggle DDR 2.0 NAND flash memory in next-gen MacBook Air

If you’re hankering for cool details about features for Apple’s next-gen MacBook Air, you might like this. Per Macotakara, Apple is rumored to adopt “Toggle DDR 2.0,” a 19-nanometer process for NAND flash memory offering 400 megabyte-per-second speed, in its next MacBook Air. Citing a person with an “Asian electronics component company,” the report said […]

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OWC offers five year warranty for Extreme Mercury SSD

Amidst everything that’s happening at WWDC, a good deal is still a good deal. Other World Computing has announced that the company is now offering a five year warranty on its Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD line. The drive, which features a SandForce processor, features a Tier1/Grade A synchronous NAND flash unit, operates at SATA […]

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Newer MacBook Air notebooks arriving with faster Blade solid-state drives

You may be getting a bit more than you paid for with some of the latest MacBook Air notebook units. Per AnandTech, Apple eventually included a commercially available Toshiba Blade X-gale solid state drive module, model TS128C with the notebook. Reports have surfaced showing MacBook Airs equipped with a second, even faster SSD with a […]