One thing I still have difficulty making customers at my day job understand about netbooks is that they don’t have an optical drive. Ok, some thin and lights like the Gateway EC14 do, but they’re not ...

The humble optical disc drive is back in demand, or so it would seem. As strange as it may seem, though, there are some solid ...

Apple has just released the new Mac mini desktop unit. The upgrade includes a little of everything, from faster processor, larger hard drive and perhaps most desired – easy access for for users. Even ...

Optical disc devotees continue to find safe ports and harbors in Japan, with the release of the new FMV Note A laptop line ...

The MacBook Air line wasn’t the only Mac hardware to get a Thunderbolt-inspired makeover Wednesday. Apple also added a Thunderbolt port to its Mac mini desktop, which sports new processors and ...

One of the most interesting parts of the recent Apple Mac Mini and MacBook Air refresh is that Apple is moving away from optical drives. Apple isn't the only company to do so, raising the question "Is ...

I'll try to make this short and to the point but it may get a little long (so sorry in advance).<br><br>I have a friends Acer Aspire laptop that's about 1.5 yrs. old and she didn't purchase any ...

We don’t know the price of either version of the console yet We don’t know the price of either version of the console yet is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and ...

The FIC Condor is a great small-formfactor case, no doubt about it. Only problem is that I've killed several optical drives by installing and trying to operate them in the vertical slot that is the ...

Yesterday we reported on an issue where users are inexplicably unable to startup from valid Mac OS X installation discs when using PowerMac G5s with a specific Hitachi-model SuperDrive -- the HL-DT-ST ...