While notebook makers continue to churn out new models every month, consumers are holding on to their aging notebooks for longer than ever. People keep their laptops for an average of four years and f...

We've long-maintained that there is no better way to speed up your notebook than replacing that old mechanical hard drive with a Solid State Drive. In fact, we've seen application open times improve 2...

Whether your notebook is three years old or brand new, upgrading from a mechanical hard drive to a solid state disk will dramatically improve its performance. With speed boosts as high as 250 percent ...

We like a reader who knows what he wants, and,when it comes to a student laptop for college classes, Reuven Shechter knows what he wants. Here's what he wrote to our Help Me, LAPTOP column:.

If you're one of the enlightened individuals who has a solid state drive in your computer, stop reading this and go do something nice for yourself. You've earned it.

A strong combination of security, reliability, and performance makes the Intel SSD 320 a compelling choice for upgraders.

When Intel first launched its line of super-fast X25-M SSDs in 2008, the chip-maker broke new ground by offering higher speeds than most of its competitors at prices which were quite reasonable for the time.

Though the vast majority of notebooks still come with 5,400-rpm hard drives, the days of the old-fashioned mechanical disk are numbered. If you haven't been hiding under a rock for the past few year...

When Intel announced it was shipping its mSATA SSD 310, which is designed to provide a speedy solid state boot drive for notebooks that also have a full size hard drive, we couldn't wait to see the ne...