If You Want a Second Drive in Your iMac, You Better Get It From Apple

According to a new report by One World Computing, it will be extremely difficult, though not impossible, to install a secondary solid state drive (SSD) to the new 27-inch iMac introduced earlier this week as part of Apple's desktop upgrades. While the new iMac can support a secondary drive, unless you order one with the secondary SSD pre-installed from Apple, there are no mounting brackets or connectors for easy installation.
 

Patriot Launches Its 60GB, 120GB, And 240GB Inferno Series SSD

Patriot Memory has just announced the availability of three new capacities of its Inferno series of SSDs, which are the 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB drives, improving on the previous 100GB and 200GB models in the same family. These drives are designed around the SandForce SF-1200 SSD processor, and offers read and write speeds of 285MB/s and 275MB/s respectively. They also come bundled with a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch adapter plate for easy installation into your desktop computer, and is covered by a 3-year warranty. The SandForce DuraClass technology used claims to offer enhanced endurance and reliability by an average of 20x over traditional SSD controllers