After coming out with separate SSD upgrades for the Asus Eee PC and Dell’s Mini 9 netbooks, Active Media Products follows it up with an SSD upgrade for HP Mini netbooks called the Sabertooth Z. The SSD modules are available in 16 and 32GB capacities and are built with a PATA/ IDE interface and a ZIF connector for fitting the HP Mini 1000, 1010NR, 1030NR, and 2510P netbooks. Both capacities are listed to run 82MB/s read and 38MB/s write speeds, which is expected to cut bootup and load times in half. For HP Mini owners looking to increase a bit of performance, the SSD upgrades are now selling on Amazon for $70 (16GB) and $110 (32GB).
Here’s a couple of simple video tutorials that show how to slap on a solid state drive into a netbook. To be more specific, here’s how to install Active Media Products’ new SaberTooth SSD on a Dell Mini 9 or Asus Eee PC 900-series netbook. It’s a sneaky way to push a product, but there are lots of Mini 9 and Eee PC owners out there, and the SaberTooth SSD uses standard interface and form factors, so it’s still useful info if you: 1) have a notebook or netbook with a vacant and accessible SATA-II slot, 2) need a storage—and slight performance—boost, 3) have enough dough to pick up a new notebook SSD drive, and 4) own a screwdriver.
Active Media Products, the makers of the Obama drive and WWF-partnered flash drives such as the Penguin drive and the Panda drive, has just come out with another collectable that also benefits the WWF. Built with non-toxic materials and a USB 2.0 interface, the Polar Bear drive is available in capacities from 1GB to 16GB, priced between $9.95 (for 1GB) to $42.95 (16GB) on Amazon. It’s listed to retain data for up to 10 years and is compatible with Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Active Media Products, manufacturer of the WWF-themed Penguin and Panda drives, as well as the first 2GB “Obama Drive”, has just announced that they’ve upgraded the Obama Drive with a new 8GB version. What do you get besides the President’s mug printed on the drive’s exterior? More than double the original’s preloaded Obama content. That’s around 80MBs’ worth of everything Obama.
