From time to time people have asked here (or in Mobile Computing) about SSDs for older laptops that use a parallel ATA 2.5 inch hard drive. Such devices exist, but there are only a few of them.

Transcend today announced the latest addition to its complete line-up of solid state drives (SSDs), the PSD320 2.5” parallel ATA (PATA/IDE) SSD. Designed to replace traditional 2.5” 44-pin PATA hard ...

Century has developed a 2.5” secure digital (SD) to Parallel ATA SSD adapter, and whilst this is a great initiative for Windows Vista’s ReadyBoost , as a standalone drive there are a few drawbacks.

Active Media Products has announced a new SSD that is a replacement for notebooks and netbooks that use 1.8-inch storage drives inside. The new drive is called the SaberTooth ZF Turbo ZIF SSD. The ...

When it comes to storage, the newly unveiled MacBook Air offers an 80GB, 4,200-rpm Parallel ATA hard drive as part of its standard configuration. However, that’s not the only option—would-be MacBook ...