Most SSD users are aware that TRIM is an essential Windows command that prolongs SSD life and ensures that their SSDs stay speedy. TRIM kicks-in after a file deletion in Windows and notifies the SSD ...

Apple's draconian move to disable TRIM software support in the latest versions of OS X has left only one third-party SSD manufacturer that supports TRIM. Angelbird natively supports TRIM in OS X, a ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Solid-state drives have quietly become the default storage in laptops, desktops, and consoles, yet the way they work means ...

SSD health status · SSD information · free space · startup time ·TRIMCorrespondence · Lifetime prediction · Free software that shows the throughput of reading and writing shows "SSD Life"is. By ...

With the launch of Windows 7 in the fall of 2009, adopters were treated to many useful new features. But for SSD users, there was one that mattered more than the others: TRIM support. Being a ...

Along with the Windows 7 launch last week, came the long-awaited support for TRIM. As the OS natively supports the new storage command, if there’s an SSD installed and no other storage drivers are ...

With the growing popularity and declining cost of solid-state drives (SSDs) for Macs and other personal computers, users have becoming increasingly interested in putting third-party SSDs into their ...

I just replaced the 1TB 7200rpm hdd with in my mid 2012 non-retina MBP with a Crucial M500 960Gb SSD about a month ago and I was wondering about the issue of TRIM. I seen some arguments saying that ...

So, let's say you don't have TRIM available on your external 500.GB USB3 connected SSD. Let's also say your 500.GB SSD is filled up, but it has 10.GB of over-provisioning. You then delete a 30.GB file ...