More and more lightweight laptops and netbooks are shipping sans optical drives. Don't buy an external drive for for $50+ for those few times you need it, turn an old USB HDD enclosure and DVD drive ...

Not entirely certain this is the appropriate forum, but I'm looking for a good/reasonable quality enclosure to repurpose one of the optical drives (CD/DVD RW) I saved from previous laptops. A quick ...

DockCase, best known for their integrated MacBook hubs and cases, has returned with a new external USB-C enclosure for SSDs. They previously launched an enclosure for M.2 drives, but their latest two ...

Earlier this year, I wrote several guides to boost the speeds of older Macs by swapping their internal hard drives for super-fast solid state drives (SSDs). As readers have confirmed, their older ...

SSDs are now the norm in computers. With older laptops and desktop PCs, the low capacity of the original SSD is usually the main reason for an upgrade, with the old SSD replaced by one with more space ...

Orico has made a clever external 2.5-inch USB enclosure with a retro cassette design that is inexpensive and fun to use. The Orico 2.5-inch USB SATA External Hard Drive Enclosure is a small plastic ...

Don't pay hundreds for a device that won't ever reach its top speed.

The best external DVD drives offer a simple way to rewatch your favorite old-school films on modern devices. In fact, there are still a number of benefits that come with having access to an optical ...

All though college I've been building my own PCs with my last one getting built in 2010. It runs OK, but thanks to the foresight of adding RAID 1 across 2 drives, I've been one step ahead of any data ...