OCZ's Agility 2 Reviewed: The First SF-1200 with MP Firmware
SandForce made news last week, but for some not so great reasons. It turns out that the production firmware on SF-1200 drives drops random small file write performance by a decent amount on drives presently shipping.
Those impacted include Corsair and OWC. Corsair is handling it by sticking with the RC firmware and providing a workaround for a known issue with the earlier firmware. OWC on the other hand has quietly updated its website to reveal the new (lower) specs of the drive.
Today we have our first drive shipping with the new 3.0.5 MP firmware: OCZ's Agility 2. Due to ship to etailers later this week, we put the Agility 2 through our test suite (including some new tests to see how SandForce's technology performs with highly random data).
Read on for the review!
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Lenovo ThinkPad L-Series: The Greenest ThinkPad Ever
Corporations like talking about being "green" these days, and there's no question that environmentally friendly devices and technologies are a major push. We recently spoke with Lenovo about their upcoming L-Series ThinkPad models, which are set to be the "greenest ThinkPads ever"—and we're not talking green in the same sense as the "heat wave red" ThinkPad Edge.
The new L-Series laptops take over from the previous ThinkPad R-Series (though they look more like the new SL-Series), targeting the "entry mainstream" market. Pricing begins at just $649 for the L412, with availability set for mid-May, but don't let the low price fool you: these are still ThinkPads with high durability and plenty of connectivity options... perfect for students, educators, and business users.
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