Hardware
Most of the internal components in a notebook are soldered or glued together and cannot be replaced by the user. The components that are (usually) replaceable for improved performance, however, are RAM memory modules and hard drive. One of the reasons to upgrade your hard drive is getting more storage space, but switching to a faster hard drive or SSD may also have a significant impact on the overall performance of a laptop. Laptop Logic tests and compares hard drives and sorts out what kind of benefits you can achieve from upgrading.- Previous
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Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 160GB 2.5
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- 0.0
Hitachi seems to have a winner on their hands. We'll see if that's the case by showing the drive's performance through a series of synthetic and real world tests. Read review
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Hitachi Travelstar 7k320
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- 4.0
The Hitachi 7k320 performs every bit as well if not better than its 200GB cousin, not even flinching under the weight of its industry leading 320GB of 7200rpm storage. Read review
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Linksys CIT200 Cordless Internet Telephony
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- 3.3
The new Linksys CIT200 Skype phone stems from the intellectual merger of Linksys hardware and Skype VoIP technologies. Voice over IP (VoIP) technology has been around for some time, enabling users to make phone calls on a global scale through the internet with one flat fee. Read review
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Yoggie Pico Personal Security Appliance
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- 4.1
On paper, the Yoggie Pico looks like a pretty nice innovative device, with all the bells and whistles found in memory intensive applications. It's got a whole lot of 'Anti': it's an antivirus, anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-spyware external appliance. Read review
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Laptop Logic Review: Ooma VOIP device
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- 0.0
Ooma is a relatively new VOIP company launched by Andrew Frame AKA actor Will Arnett Read review
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Face Off: Hitachi 7K100 vs Seagate 7200.1
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- 0.0
The world held their breath when the 100GB 7200RPM models were announced. Finally, a drive larger than 60GB that would offer near desktop performance with the 7200RPM spindle speed. Seagate and Hitachi promised high performance and high capacity, but unfortunately they couldn't deliver it in a timely manner. Read review
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2.5-inch Hard Drive Roundup
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- 1.0
One of the most common questions new notebook users have is "Which hard drive should I get?" There are of course a variety of answers depending on budget and uses, but quantitative answers are hard to come by. With this review, we look to comprehensively test the majority of 2.5" hard drives available today. Read review
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Seagate 160GB 5400.3 2.5-inch Hard Drive
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- 3.7
Seagate has always been an innovator in disk storage, and the new 5400.3 notebook drive is the first of its kind. This new lineup introduces perpendicular recording technology to the notebook storage market. Read review
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Seagate 100GB 2.5-Inch & 5GB 1.0-Inch USB Drives
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- 3.4
Seagate's line of external 2.5" drives are well designed for the mobile user. The enclosure for the 2.5" notebook drive is small, light, and sturdy. We've used and abused this drive for months, toting it around in a number of different ways with no problems thus far. Read review
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Imation 4GB Micro Hard Drive
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- 3.6
Imation has a miniature hard-drive based storage device, a unique design, and the legendary Imation name behind it all; but is that enough to compete against the likes of Seagate? Read review
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