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  • M1 MacBook Air long-term review: A year later, here’s what I wish I’d known
    on July 29, 2022 at 8:22 pm

    The price and performance of Apple Silicon is excellent, but it’s not all unicorns and rainbows. Before you buy the 2-year-old M1 MacBook Air, here’s what you should know from a long-term user.

  • Best external hard drive 2022: Top drives compared
    on March 30, 2022 at 1:41 pm

    Which is the best external hard drive? The right one can help you meet the ever-increasing storage demands of the digital age. To help you find the ideal fit for your needs, whether it’s for a Mac, PC, or gaming console, we hand-picked the best options available.

  • Predictions: Where will storage be in 40 years?
    on September 1, 2021 at 11:00 am

    40 years ago, almost to the day, I interviewed with Digital Equipment Corp. and two weeks later reported for work. After the tremendous advances since then, I have to wonder, where will we be in 40 years?

  • Which is better, USB-C 3.1 gen 2 or Thunderbolt?
    on August 27, 2021 at 11:08 am

    New Macs and some PCs come with combined Thunderbolt 4/USB-C 3.1 gen 2 ports. They both claim a stunning 40Gb/sec of bandwidth. But is their performance actually the same? Yes, and no. Here’s what my testing several external SSDs on an M1 MacBook Air found.

  • DreamHost review: I’m a satisfied 15-year customer
    on August 16, 2021 at 12:40 pm

    DreamHost is a well-known web hosting provider, long recommended by WordPress.org. But it has a host of other features and capabilities that make it a popular choice for over a million websites. Here’s what you need to know to see if DreamHost could be the right host for you.

  • How to think outside the box: The awful burden of legacy tech
    on August 9, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    It’s become a cliché: “Think outside the box!” Okay. But how? Pro tip: thinking isn’t the hard part. Here’s what I’ve learned about “the box.”

  • Storage surprise: Why latency is more important than bandwidth
    on July 25, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    How do you persuade prospects to buy? Paint an attractive picture. Motivation trumps accuracy. Selling add-on storage by getting customers to focus on an impressive bandwidth number scratches many customer’s itches. The truth is different.

  • What is 32-bit float? A better way to encode digital audio
    on June 21, 2021 at 2:31 pm

    Encoding audio has always been a process of compromise. 16 or 24 bit? 44KHz, 48, or 96KHz? Risk clipping loud sounds, or lose detail to the noise floor in soft passages? But no more. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Criminals love cryptocurrencies. Should you?
    on May 27, 2021 at 11:44 am

    Crypto currencies have been all the rage for more than a decade. Great fortunes have been made and hundreds of millions if not billions has been paid to criminals thanks to their anonymity. It’s time to rein in this global criminal enabler, the worst storage innovation in my lifetime.

  • Losing the Apple storage tax on M1 Macs
    on April 29, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    Apple charges $200 for adding 256GB of storage. Thanks to the latest technology you can add four times the external storage that is almost as fast and more flexible – for less money. Here’s how.

  • Why I won’t be buying the new iMac
    on April 22, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    Yes, it is a handsome desk accessory. And a powerful machine. But if bang for your buck is the goal it simply doesn’t make the grade. Here’s why.

  • All storage fails: How to make a bootable backup for an M1 Mac
    on April 15, 2021 at 12:28 pm

    I’ve spent too many years in the storage industry to trust any data storage product, including Apple’s. But even though a completely dead M1 Mac SSD will brick your system, there are still reasons to have a bootable backup. Here’s why. And how.

  • How bad is the M1 Mac’s SSD failure problem?
    on April 8, 2021 at 12:31 pm

    If your M1 Mac’s SSD fails, you can’t boot off an external drive, a change from past decades. Here’s the problem and strategies to manage the risk.

  • What I found when I checked my M1 MacBook Air SSD
    on March 9, 2021 at 12:56 pm

    Is your new Mac eating your costly SSD? Reports suggest that some new M1 Macs are wearing out their SSDs at alarming rates. I had to see for myself.

  • The M1 Mac write issue: What’s going on with Apple’s SSDs?
    on March 1, 2021 at 1:13 pm

    Some M1 Macs are seeing absurd levels of write activity on their – costly – internal SSDs. Here’s my take.

  • The Mac price crash of 2021
    on February 25, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Macs hold their value. Where I live it’s not uncommon to see 10-, 12-, even 20-year-old Macs for sale. But the new M1 Macs have cratered MacBook resale values. The carnage is just beginning.

  • Private firms can’t protect us from digital attacks. Government must step in.
    on February 18, 2021 at 1:12 pm

    For the last 30 years various forms of criminality and nation state aggression against Americans and America has been a staple of daily life. Despite the efforts of a number of multibillion dollar companies to protect us, they’ve failed to do so. The government must act.

  • iPad Pro: Outclassed by the M1 MacBook Air, where does Apple’s tablet go from here?
    on January 19, 2021 at 1:58 pm

    Apple’s premium tablet is costlier, heavier and delivers less battery life than a similarly configured M1 MacBook Air. It’s loaded with features most people never use. Who and what is the iPad Pro for? Apple needs to define what a “Pro” iPad is. Here’s why.

  • Rediscovering RISC-V: Apple M1 sparks renewed interest in non-x86 architectures
    on January 8, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    With the runaway success of the new ARM-based M1 Macs, non-x86 architectures are getting their closeup. RISC-V is getting the most attention from system designers looking to horn-in on Apple’s recipe for high performance. Here’s why.

  • Facebook’s foolish attack on Apple
    on January 5, 2021 at 2:24 pm

    If you’ve ever wondered whether Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg is smarter than you, now you know: nope. Facebook’s brain dead plea in full-page ads is all you need to know. Here’s why.

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