At the gym recently, a friend asked me for some advice about choosing a new computer. He asked what was the "one thing" he should look for when picking his next computer. Of course, there are dozens ...

The speed of a computer depends on several components, including the hard drive, CPU, RAM and video card. Which parts matter most, however, depends heavily on how you use your machine. A faster drive ...

Question: I'd like to change out the hard drive in my laptop to a solid-state drive. What should I learn before I make the decision? My computer is a 1-year-old Apple Macbook Pro. Answer: Traditional ...

It seems like every new drool-worthy notebook these days — from the MacBook Air to the VooDoo Envy — is sporting solid state hard drives instead of traditional hard drives. If you don’t know the ...

Editor’s note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Three years ago, I wrote a story comparing hard disk drives to solid ...