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Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD reviewed: wicked fast, bloody expensive

November 16th, 2009

Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD reviewed: wicked fast, bloody expensive

Okay, so maybe you didn’t need a full-on review to tell you that Fusion-io’s ioXtreme PCI Express SSD was staggeringly pricey, but at $11 per gigabyte ($895 for 80GB), you may want to turn a blind eye right now if you’re short on disposable income. If you’ve managed to continue on, then you owe it to your collective senses to give the read link a look. The gurus over at HotHardware were able to get one of these lightning fast devices in for review, and while we were always assured that performance would be mind blowing, it’s another thing entirely to see those promises proven in the lab. Critics found the card to be the “fastest overall SSD solution on the market today,” with consistent 700MB/sec reads and 300MB/sec writes. Of course, they were still anxious to get their hands on a supposedly forthcoming update to make this thing bootable, and the omission of a RAID BIOS definitely put a small damper on things; still, it’s hard to let annoyance such as those overshadow the monster performance numbers, but we’d recommend giving the full skinny a good lookin’ at before committing your child’s college education fund to a pile of NAND.

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Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD reviewed: wicked fast, bloody expensive originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Always Innovating’s Touch Book now shipping

August 2nd, 2009

Always Innovating’s Touch Book now shipping

If you’re anything like us, you’re always waiting anxiously for the next netbook to drop. The Always Innovating Touch Book — a hybrid netbook / tablet — which we knew was very nearly on its way, is now, apparently, on its way! That’s correct — if you were smart enough to pre-order, you’ve probably already received an email confirming that your Touch Book has shipped. We’ll be anxious to see one of these dudes in a photoshoot, that’s for sure. If you’ve forgotten, these dudes pack an 8.9-inch, 1,024 x 600 touchscreen, a USB 802.11 b/g/n adapter, Bluetooth, a TI OMAP3530 CPU, and 512MB of memory (split 50 / 50 between RAM and NAND), plus a further 8GB of storage on an SD card. The company’s website says it may take “several weeks” to fulfill all the pre-orders, so we’ll let you know if we get any updates. What about you? Did you order a Touch Book — or know anyone who did?

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Always Innovating’s Touch Book now shipping originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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