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• Apple slashes cost of SSD MacBook Air

  Apple has reduced the cost of an SSD-based MacBook Air by around AU$700.

• Apple orders 50 million GB serve of flash chips

  Samsung is warning its customers that NAND flash memory might be hard to come by for some time after Apple placed a large order, according to a report out of Taiwan.

• Seagate updates hard drive portfolio

  Unlike in the past, when hard-drive makers typically released the same basic drive for various markets, they now nip and tuck their products to fit specific customer profiles and applications.

• SanDisk rolls out flash hard drives for laptops

  SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in notebooks with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable.

• Dell bids adieu to hard-drive music players

  Dell is dropping high-capacity music players from its roster of consumer electronics products, a company spokesman confirmed on Monday.

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  Hot, hot Air

  I can't say I ever thought a laptop was too heavy or bulky or genuinely inconvenient because I couldn't effortlessly slide one into an unpadded manila envelope.

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• Mad scientist drills hole through hard drive

  A scientist who was frustrated by his PC's squeaky hard drive tried to stop the problem by drilling a hole through its casing and pouring oil in the hole. The squeak stopped but so did the hard drive. Data recovery firm, Kroll Ontrack offers this and nine more recovery highlights from 2007.

• Toshiba delays 1.8-inch hard drives

  Toshiba will be releasing its 30GB and 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives later than expected.

• SanDisk CEO flashes forward to phones

  SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.

• New Power Macs break 1GHz barrier--twice

  Apple Computer has broken the 1GHz barrier not once but twice with the delivery of new Power Macs.

• Looking for the right notebook?

  ZDNet Australia reviews seven of the most outstanding, high-end notebooks.

Reviews (132)

• Start-up brings hard drive to the masses

  A new hard drive from Cornice is small enough to fit into MP3 players or cameras but costs less than memory cards and other tiny drives.

• Toshiba touts data density record with new drive

  Toshiba says it has earned the right to say it's more dense than its competitors.

• Apple Mac Pro (2009)

  Apple's new eight-core Mac Pro demonstrates marked improvements over the older model in high-intensity digital media and multitasking scenarios.

• Apple iMac 24-inch (2009)

  Apple made a number of changes to the 24-inch iMac, but making it available at this price is the most impressive. The rest of the updates are welcome, and Apple's multitasking capability remains unmatched.

• Apple iMac (20-inch, 2.4GHz)

  Apple's smaller-scale iMac remains our favourite all-in-one. And while its looks, its ease of use, and its performance are all selling points, Windows PCs are starting to catch up (at least with the latter).

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