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Unboxing the 17-inch October 2011 MacBook Pro
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael
Category: Fresh from Apple
Unboxing the 13-inch October 2011 MacBook Pro
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael
Category: Fresh from Apple
Unboxing the 15-inch October 2011 MacBook Pro
Monday, October 24th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael
Category: Fresh from Apple, New @ OWC
OWC Radio #60 With Special Guest Chris Foresman From Ars Technica
Special Guest Chris Foresman accompanies our team today to discuss the passing of Steve Jobs, the release of the iPhone 4s and iOS 5, and the future of Apple as a company.
OWC Radio is a monthly, forum-based podcast focused on the events and happenings in the Mac community. This week’s hosts are: OWC Grant, OWC Chris S., and OWC Mike H.
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Category: OWC Radio
When Slower Is Actually Faster
Friday, September 30th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael
With all the talk on new Solid State Drives and the drive transfer speeds they offer, it’s easy to overlook the time-honored, platter-based hard drive. The fact remains that there is still no better price per gigabyte when it comes to storage than going with the traditional hard drive.
The advances in technology on platter-based hard drives are keeping them as viable data storage devices and, while it may be hard to fathom, today’s 5400RPM drives are even faster than 7200RPM drives from a just few years ago. Why? Spin speed is no longer the single determining factor on platter-based hard drive performance. With the advent of PMR, the areal density of today’s drives is increasing and head movement is faster because the distance to data points is shorter. That probably sounds like a bunch of gobbledygook, so let’s break it down some more… Article Continues…
Category: Tech Tips
Thunderbolt Display – Data Transfer Speed Testing
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael
We were pretty exited to receive our first few Thunderbolt Displays yesterday. If you want a closer look – we released some unboxing photos before we started our testing. We set off to see just how good essentially the world’s first Thunderbolt hub performs – not to mention the only way so far to add FireWire compatibility to your MacBook Air.
We’re pleased to announce that for read speeds across the board, whether plugging in via USB or FireWire 800, there is no speed degradation whatsoever.
With FireWire 800 write speeds though, we found an interesting anomaly.
When running a FireWire 800 external drive hooked up to the Thunderbolt display, there was roughly a 3-5MB/s slowdown in write speeds versus the same drive plugged in directly to the FireWire 800 port on the host machine. Admittedly, that 3-5MB/s is quantitatively not that large of a difference, but when the interface itself maxes out at roughly 80MB/s transfer speeds – that 3-5MB equates to a 4-7% total difference, which can seem significant. USB speeds remained constant and did not show any slowdown.
Here’s an example: Article Continues…
Unboxing the 27″ Apple Thunderbolt Display 2011
Monday, September 26th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael
It is here at last! Our first Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch) we snapped a few photos for your unboxing enjoyment before we sent this along for testing.
OWC Radio #59 – Podcast Of The Apes
“It’s a mad house! A mad house!” Steve Jobs retires. Apple loses an iPhone prototype…again! Orangutans are the next demographic using the iPad. Have we gone bananas? Journey with us as we figure it all out!
OWC Radio is a monthly, forum-based podcast focused on the events and happenings in the Mac community. This week’s hosts are: OWC Grant, OWC Chris S., and OWC Mike H. Article Continues…
Category: OWC Radio
