Support Our Site
Get Better Gear!
- Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App from Ginger Labs, Inc, US$0.99
- Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful from Scosche, US$129.99
- IPEVO’s Typi Folio Case & Keyboard for iPad is First-rate from IPEVO, US$79.99
- Scosche’s boomSTREAM BT Speaker: Features & Compromises from Scosche, US$99.95
- FX Photo Studio HD: iPad Painting of Effects Made Easy from MacPhun LLC, US1.99
Top 5 Free Apps
iTunes New Music Releases
Top 5 Paid Apps
Discover New Music
- The Damned
- Punk rock is mostly associated with three chords and a bad attitude, but the Damned were one of the few bands of the era bent on bringing musicianship and a good sense of humor to the scene. And while
- Mystics Anonymous
- Mystics Anonymous is the brainchild project of Jeff Steblea, a fantastic songwriter and good friend of mine, as well. In fact, I even played the drums on all but one of the tracks on this album. Jef
- Led Zeppelin
- This album bears every flavor of genius from the five records that came before. It is, I believe, the band's finest. With Physical Graffiti, Zep came raging back to their musical home territory -- har
- Brian Eno
- In his first proper solo release since 1996's relatively cold "The Drop," Brian Eno has constructed a whimsical and ecclectic masterpiece which is arguably one of the year's strongest records thus fa
- Asylum Street Spankers
The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers. Hailing from Austin, where I saw them live dozens of times, the band played entirely acousti
Reader Specials
Visit Deals On The Web for the best deals on all consumer electronics, iPods, and more!
News
The First Apple TV with a Solid State Drive
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
In order to beat the heat, an Apple TV user has replaced the hard disk in his Apple TV with a Solid State Disk (SSD), according to Apple TV Hacks. Its not any faster, but the unit runs a lot cooler -- at some expense.
Josh Lee described how he replaced the factory installed 40 GB hard disk in his Apple TV with a new, state-of-the-art Transcend 32 GB SSD that cost him US$160.00. Mr. Lee said that the Transcend SSD was the not the most expensive available, so it wasnt significantly faster than the original drive, but thats wasnt the goal.
Photo Credit: Apple TV Hacks |
---|
The process, however, required some expertise. Mr. Lee had to remove the Apple TV drive, connect it to his Mac, do a little magic with Diskutil, and re-write the image back the SSD. Once the SSD was installed back into the Apple TV, he did a factory restore.
Now Mr. Lee is up and running with his Apple TV sans all the heat. As for the reduced disk space, he doesnt have much need for it. He stores everything on his Network Attached Storage (NAS).
The user notes, via e-mail, are somewhat abbreviated and cryptic. Anyone attempting the same process without previous experience may wish to contact Mr. Lee via Apple TV Hacks for more details.
Given the current low price of OEMd 40 GB drives, its doubtful well see anything like this from Apple soon. Even so, its a fun glimpse into what the future may hold in store.
Recent Headlines
- Reading, Writing, & Saving the World
- Free Retro Gaming for iOS - Activision’s Kaboom!
- Apple Adds Chomp Bits to iOS 6 App Store Discovery
- Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App
- Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful
- Tim Cook & Larry Page Reportedly Discuss Patents
- Analysis: Amazon Kindle Fire Sold Out, Kindle Fire 2 Pic Leaked
Post Your Comments