
Chances are, you are ready for it unless you have an ultra-slim laptop, in which case you may need one with an ultra-thin profile such as the one below (thickness being the only difference) or a different type of SSD altogether. You can check out a previous article for more details about PCI-Express, M.2, mSATA And SATA Express.Īn SSD is primarily made up of a circuit board, some flash-memory and controller chips, so why are there 2.5" SATA (Serial ATA) SSDs? Basically, these drives are made for compatibility, you can easily slip one into a desktop or laptop without any problems. Choosing the right one for your new upgrade can be time-consuming and confusing, so here's a quick guide to which is which and what goes where. If you are searching for high-capacity SSDs, the prices are still not exactly cheap but are in generally faster compared to models with smaller capacities. While the price of an SSD held most people back in the beginning, thankfully now it has become ubiquitous due to affordable pricing. Since its birth, they are now even faster and come in a variety of forms. SSDs (Solid-State Drives) have brought a massive boost in computers, and it's safe to say that once you go SSD, there's no going back. We wanted to put the power directly in the hands of our customers with our most powerful diagnostic scan tool yet.For the longest time, traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) were the Achilles heel in terms of performance in a computer system. “Because of this, we recognized the need to arm automotive technicians with all the information they need to make the vehicle repair, saving them time and frustration. “Automotive technology is constantly advancing, changing and becoming more complex,” said Matco Tools Vice President of Marketing Ben Gambrel. This database will provide full technical service bulletins, flow charts, wiring diagrams and other manufacturer documents needed to help the technician get to the fix and efficiently complete the job.

Once a technician scans a vehicle, the Maximus 3.0 will automatically link the vehicle make, model and year information as well as diagnostic reporting to an exclusive automotive repair database called MaximusFix. The Maximus 3.0 is not only the fastest, strongest and most intuitive member of the Maximus diagnostic tool family, Matco says, but also equips professional automotive technicians with the information and resources they need to complete a job.
