From time to time people have asked here (or in Mobile Computing) about SSDs for older laptops that use a parallel ATA 2.5 inch hard drive. Such devices exist, but there are only a few of them.

Even though hundreds of different products shipped with mSATA, the smallest SSD form factor for solid state drives, it didn't catch on as quickly as we expected. The high adaption issue doesn't have ...

At CES earlier this year, one of the SSD vendors with a lot to show off was Plextor who had a number of new SSDs planned for early 2014. Among the SSDs they showed were the Plextor M6e, a M.2 form ...

Over the past few years a number of companies have released tiny sticks that you can plug into a TV to run Android or Linux on a big screen. Thanks to low-power ARM processors, these little sticks are ...

When we went notebook shopping for a model that accepted both SATA III and mSATA, we had a difficult time. Many of the major notebook manufacturers use mSATA in their popular models, but don't list ...

UK price (as reviewed): £172.60 (inc VAT) (M.2 500GB); £339.10 (inc VAT) (mSATA 1TB) US price (as reviewed): $249.99 (ex Tax) (M.2 500GB); TBC (mSATA 1TB) Late last year the SSD 850 EVO launched and ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

It's fair to say the original SSD 840 EVO launch was very successful. Thanks to its competitive performance, good value and tasty feature set, we awarded the entire range our Premium Grade award. Now ...

New versions of Samsung's popular drive take different physical designs, while offering almost exactly the same performance and features as their larger sibling. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been ...

A few months back, we took a look at Samsung’s SSD 840 EVO series of solid state drives. At the time, we found their performance to be quite good, and the drives were competitively priced too. Shortly ...