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If you asked a group of people to explain the Apple TV, I’d place a good bet that not even half of them could accurately describe it. “You watch TV on it”, wrong! Instead, the main feature of Apple TV is to rent on demand movies, like those you can rent on Sky, Virgin and other subscription TV services… so what purpose does this product really serve? In this Apple TV review 2011 we attempt to find out what this mysterious device really is.

Steve Jobs always referred to Apple TV as merely a ‘hobby’, it has never really been what we’d consider a main product from this giant company – look, it’s even listed under iPod on the Apple website. The first generation Apple TV was big, clunky and overly expensive for what it offered. People knew this, so even after updates to the interface, price cuts and plenty of promotion, it still didn’t take the world by storm.

The second generation Apple TV that we’ll be reviewing today was released in September 2010. After Apple realised they needed to rescue this player, they’ve made a sleeker, quieter and more purposeful product, with a much more understandable price tag of just £100.

Walk into an Apple retail store and try and find the Apple TV. It’s a tough challenge, its not because they don’t hold stock (possible), but the box is tiny! Especially if you were familiar with the size of the 1^st generation product, you’ll need help, go and ask a rep, “You’re looking for the Apple whaaaa?” Ok I digress, but upon finding the small white box, you’ll notice its styled in true Apple form, minimalistic appearance, key details listed and a couple of photos.

Cracking the lid open reveals the Apple TV sitting on a shelf in the upper half of the box and a bunch of familiar accessories resting below: setup guide, information guide and stickers to spam across your work mates back. Also included is a power cord with a nice long lead and a sleek aluminium remote control.

I know the saying, bigger is better. But believe me, the size of the Apple TV will still satisfy the wife. It’s tiny! Measuring under 10cm in length on both sides and a few over 2cm in height, it will fit any position within your TV stand.

Okay so design, definitely an improvement over the predecessor. It features glossy sides, a matte black top and the Apple TV logo etched into the top, all contained in a sharp rounded design (like the iPhone 4).

The base is completely rubber and is swallowed outwards at the middle, which sort of gives the illusion that the device is floating. Slightly confusing when you try and shift the device, it grips very well, so no, you haven’t gone mad – the device doesn’t float.

You know those instructions that were included? I bet you haven’t read them, there’s no need, a good product shouldn’t need instructions telling you how to set it up and use it. Patience is a virtue, but when we’re talking tech, no one likes waiting. Fortunately the Apple TV is dead simple to connect up, plug the power cord in, connect your TV through HDMI and connect your amplifier via optical (optional). If you don’t have a WiFi network, there’s no need to feel old, Apple have provided an Ethernet connection. There’s also a mini USB port, which is for support/troubleshooting only.

Apple like to keep things simple, the remote reflects this. It’s constructed from solid aluminium and uses only navigation buttons, Menu and Play/Pause. No Power button? Hold the centre navigation button to turn on/off the device, much alike an iPod. An app is available from Apple for iPod/ iPhone and iPad that acts as a remote control.

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When friends and family come to us for system building recommendations, we hit them hard and fast with enough information to make their heads pop. One of our most ardent suggestions is to mix solid-state and magnetic storage, installing performance-critical apps on the SSD (we’re fond of the 120 GB capacity point) and using the hard drive for everything else. Truly, that's the right way to balance performance and storage space at the best possible price.

SSDs are still expensive, though. And for many folks, the prospect of a big solid-state drive and an additional 1 or 2 TB disk is just too pricey.

Back in May, we reviewed Intel’s Z68 Express chipset, which included a feature called Smart Response Technology that employed a small SLC-based SSD as a transparent caching device. Algorithms in Intel's driver track data usage and cache the most frequently-read information on the 20 GB drive. The next time it's requested, the system pulls it from the SSD, rather than disk. Consequently, read operations have the potential to speed up quite a bit.

Because data has to stay synchronized between the hard drive and SSD, writes don’t enjoy nearly as much benefit. So, we maintain that independent solid-state and magnetic drives are still the way to get the most predictable from your storage subsystem.

If an 80 GB or larger SSD is out of your budget range, though (remember you still need an additional hard drive to go with it), or if you simply don't want to manually manage where data lives on your system, caching through Smart Response Technology is a perfectly viable way to improve performance beyond what you'd see from a hard drive on its own.

We've had plenty of time to play with the technology since our original review in May (and before that, our preview back in March). Now we have a quartet of Z68-based platforms to give away to lucky Tom's Hardware readers, compliments of Intel.

If you've been planning a Sandy Bridge-based build, this could be your lucky day.

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4 x Intel Core i5-2500K processors (the -2500K won our coveted Recommended Buy award back in January when Sandy Bridge first launched).
4 x Intel DZ68DB Z68 Express-based motherboards
4 x Intel 20 GB SSD 311 drives, based on SLC NAND flash

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Computer Hardware & Software |Rerview USB 3.0 vs. External Hard Disk Drives |Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2

• Capacity: 32 GB
• Interface: USB 3.0
• Specified sequential read speed: 100/30 MB/s (USB 3.0/2.0)
• Specified sequential write speed: 70/30 MB/s (USB 3.0/2.0)
• Dimensions: 22.2 x 16.1 x 73.7 mm
• Weight: 20 g

The second-generation USB 3.0 product from Kingston doesn't differ from its predecessor externally except for the G2 mark in its name but its specifications are different. The new drive is about 5 grams lighter while its specified read and write speeds are 20 and 10 MB/s higher, respectively. Its power consumption is lower which is indicated by the lack of a USB splitter cable in the box. And finally, it doesn't get as hot at work at its predecessor, even though it was hotter than the rest of the tested flash drives during our tests.

The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G2 is priced like its first-generation cousin and costs 50% more than the other two flash drives included into this review.

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex STAA750201

• Capacity: 750 GB
• Interface: USB 3.0
• Dimensions: 89 x 22 x 132 mm
• Weight: 286 g

This external HDD from Seagate offers as much as 750 gigabytes of storage at a relatively cheap price (it is slightly more expensive than the 32-gigabyte Kingston USB 3.0 flash drive).

The exterior design of this model is typical of its class. It is a flat box with rounded-off corners. The case is black and the indicators are white.

The key distinguishing feature of Seagate's GoFlex series is that you can replace the interface cable. You can buy adapters to transform the drive into a FireWire 800 or eSATA one.

Testbed and Methods

Our testbed was configured as follows:

• Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K (3.30 GHz, 4x256 KB + 6 MB)
• Mainboard: ASUS P8Z68-V (Intel Z68)
• Hard disk drive: 1-terabyte Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 5900 RPM (SATA)
• System memory: 2x4 GB Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX (PC12800, 1600 MHz, CL9)
• Graphics card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 (Radeon HD 6970)
• Power supply: XFX Black Edition PI-850B-NLG9 (850 W)
• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1

We installed the latest drivers from the manufacturers of our components. The tested disks were NTFS-formatted with the default cluster size.

The tested USB drives were connected to the mainboard’s back-panel USB 3.0 ports based on an ASMedia ASM1042 controller.

Transcend JetFlash 700

• Capacity: 32 GB
• Interface: USB 3.0
• Specified sequential read speed: 70 MB/s
• Dimensions: 19 x 8.8 x 69.5 mm
• Weight: 10.3 g

Silicon Power Blaze B10

• Capacity: 32 GB
• Interface: USB 3.0
• Specified sequential read speed: 70 MB/s
• Dimensions: 17.4 x 10 x 72.4 mm
• Weight: 9.5 g