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3.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 3.5" Hard Drive Charts compare low-level as well as application performance of more than 40 popular hard drive models. The charts include all popular 3.5" desktop drive manufacturers such as Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital. They list UltraATA and Serial ATA interfaces, 7,200 and 10,000 RPM drives, and capacities between 36 GB and 1000 GB. 15 individual benchmark categories analyze read and write throughput, interface performance, average access time, Windows startup performance and several I/O access patterns that are imperative for server and workstation scenarios. Two comparison features make our Hard Drive Charts unique on the Internet: The Cost per Gigabyte calculation and the Price/Performance Index, which relates performance, capacity and cost. Prices are updated daily using the latest price information provided by TG Stores.

News

SP3: A Little Windows Vista For Windows XP
Wednesday 30 April 2008 – 03:20 in Hardware
Redmond (CA) - Windows XP users can now officially download the latest service pack for their operating system, which essentially covers all updates released for the operating system since the availability of SP2.
Study Finds Macs Cost 2X Windows PCs
Thursday 7 August 2008 – 01:00
A new study released by NPD Group today says that the average price for Macs are twice as expensive as those for the "average PC." According to NPD’s study the average price for a Windows laptop has dropped from $877 to just $700 today. Although at this
Windows 2000/XP fall through Wi-Fi flaw
Monday 16 January 2006 – 11:00
Hackers have exposed details of a previously undocumented flaw in Microsoft's handling of Wi-Fi which affects users of Windows 2000 and XP.
Windows Crashes During Olympic Ceremony
Tuesday 12 August 2008 – 08:00
Microsoft Windows never lets us down when it comes to BSOD amusement and at the 2008 Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies it strikes again With 70 million viewers watching, a record for non-U.S. Olympic Summer Games viewership, how many people do you think
Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flaws
Tuesday 28 November 2006 – 09:07
University security experts warned administrators on Monday that a bot program has started to spread by exploiting five patched Microsoft vulnerabilities and a six-month-old flaw in Symantec's antivirus software.

Articles & reviews

Windows XP a Goner? First Aid for your Windows PC*
Wednesday 12 January 2005 – 06:00
Blue screen, registry error, blank screen... ack! Somebody tell me: how I can retrieve my data? How do I get my system running again? THG shows you which tools to use, and how to use them to get everything running again - without data loss or the dreaded reinstall.
Windows in neat little packages*
Thursday 20 September 2007 – 03:23 in Networking
The package management system is a staple of Linux distributions everywhere, and controls ninety-five percent of software installed on a Linux system, installing and uninstalling applications. A package manager keeps everything up to date and allows user ...
500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows "Vista"*
Wednesday 31 May 2006 – 01:26
Windows Vista offers more than just a pretty user interface with transparent window effects. You want to know all about Vista, and so did we. Here's what we found.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260/280 Review*
Monday 16 June 2008 – 02:00
Finally Nvidia has heard our pleas: The GTX 280 is the first real reworking of the G8x architecture.
Windows XP x64, Promise and Reality*
Tuesday 23 August 2005 – 07:00
Though not yet available in retail channels, Windows XP x64 is a tempting solution for enthusiast users. We discuss its pros and cons and compare how it and conventional Windows XP handle 32 bit applications.