Does a solid-state drive make a difference in the performance of Windows 7? In a word: Yes. Conventional hard disks are typically the biggest bottleneck in any computing environment. If you can speed ...

Intel SSD Optimizer and firmware upgrade work with Windows 7's 'Trim' tools to increase performance on Intel's X25-M SSDs by 40 percent Intel announced the availability of a tool kit to optimize the ...

A lot of questions surround Solid State Drives (SSDs) and their longterm reliability. Microsoft’s Michael Fortin has penned an excellent Q & A on Windows 7 and its enhanced support for SSDs and the ...

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday gave a strong, though qualified, endorsement for running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with solid-state disk (SSD) drives, saying it has tuned the upcoming operating system to ...

With Intel introducing new faster and cheaper SSD drives coinciding with Windows 7’s release to manufacturing, it might make sense to include one with your next computer purchase. After all, Windows 7 ...

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The first generation of solid-state drives (SSD) introduced in PCs last year failed to live up to the hype. Though praised for using less power and generating less heat than conventional hard disk ...

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According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will run comfortably on a netbook. No surprise there. The company’s been saying this for a while now, and we’ve seen a number of early adopters load up a pre-release ...

If you crave high performance storage, solid-state drives (SSDs) offer the best performance for fast boot times and speedy application loading. But if you look at prices per gigabyte, they often cost ...

The first generation of SSDs introduced mostly via netbooks two years ago were largely a disappointment, as they were slower and pricier than expected. But performance gains, as well as falling prices ...