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• Terabyte update 2024

  Posted on June 24, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  HARDWARE

  

  By Will Fastie

  This year, the numbers are bouncing around and the trends are muddled.

  Except for the influences exerted by events such as floods in Thailand and global pandemics, pricing for storage usually follows a predictable trend line.

  Prices are behaving slightly differently this time around. I will offer some thoughts about why this might have happened, but I admit to a lack of clarity.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.26.0, 2024-06-24).

  Hardware HDDs, Newsletters, RAM, SD Cards, SSDs, storage, Storage Prices

• Creative uses for external drives

  Posted on July 10, 2023 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  HARDWARE

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Despite the availability of cloud storage over fast Internet connections and the ever-increasing size of storage built into all devices, external storage devices have many uses.

  And even though the very term “external drive” conjures up images of desktop “bricks” containing rotating hard drives, external storage can consist of any storage device that can be connected to a desktop, laptop, or phone and appears to that computer as a disk drive. As we’ll see, external drives can connect in many ways, serve many purposes, and be as tiny as a thumbnail.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.28.0, 2023-07-10).

  Hardware Backup, Docking stations, File Transfer, HDD, Newsletters, SD Cards, SSD, USB Flash Drives