Does a solid-state drive make a difference in the performance of Windows 7? In a word: Yes. Conventional hard disks are typically the biggest bottleneck in any computing environment. If you can speed ...

Solid State hard drives (SSDs) are the greatest thing since sliced bread. They provide a huge performance boost. Ask anyone who has converted a computer from a spinning platter hard drive to an SSD.

Solid-state drives are wicked fast. They can breathe new life into a PC whose performance is being dragged down by a slow conventional hard drive. They’re also expensive and (at least for now) limited ...

Intel SSD Optimizer and firmware upgrade work with Windows 7's 'Trim' tools to increase performance on Intel's X25-M SSDs by 40 percent Intel announced the availability of a tool kit to optimize the ...

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday gave a strong, though qualified, endorsement for running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with solid-state disk (SSD) drives, saying it has tuned the upcoming operating system to ...

A lot of questions surround Solid State Drives (SSDs) and their longterm reliability. Microsoft’s Michael Fortin has penned an excellent Q & A on Windows 7 and its enhanced support for SSDs and the ...

The first generation of solid-state drives (SSD) introduced in PCs last year failed to live up to the hype. Though praised for using less power and generating less heat than conventional hard disk ...

With Intel introducing new faster and cheaper SSD drives coinciding with Windows 7’s release to manufacturing, it might make sense to include one with your next computer purchase. After all, Windows 7 ...

Benchmarking Windows 7's performance with various hard-drives and SSDs may not sound like much fun, but when you consider how many people will end up using the new OS once it officially launches you ...

If you crave high performance storage, solid-state drives (SSDs) offer the best performance for fast boot times and speedy application loading. But if you look at prices per gigabyte, they often cost ...