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Mac User Rolls His Own Fusion Drive And Details How You Can, Too

Apple announced Fusion Drive along with its new Macs and iPads last week, and while it may have seemed like a hardware option only available from Apple itself, it's actually more about how OS X handle

One More Thing, Ad Infinitum

In almost every case, the conventional wisdom is that Apple follows but does not lead. The iPad happened long after the first Windows tablets flopped and the iPad Mini is a reaction to the Kindle HD a

Apple Re-Introduces The Hybrid Hard Drive: Here Comes The Fusion Drive

If you've been anywhere near a PC (not a Mac, mind you) in the past few years you'd have heard of hybrid drives. These drives had a bit of flash memory that held often-accessed files - boot files, OS

A team proved me wrong and drove a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid 1,445.7 on one tank of gas

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fusiondrive1.jpg"><a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/23/can-the-ford-fusion-hybrid-travel-1000-miles-on-one-tank-of-gas/">I was w

Can the Ford Fusion Hybrid travel 1,000 miles on one tank of gas?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fusioncar.jpg">I say no, but that's just me. What do I know, I just spent 10 days <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/fusion-drive/">d

Test Drive: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Note: This is the auto that Ford gave to us to drive across country. In all we drove more than 3,200 miles from Dearborn, MI to San Francisco, CA. It was one heck of a test drive and we gave away some

Giveaway: Sound off in the comments, win some great roadtrip gear

We have given away a lot of stuff while driving across America in a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, but this is the final giveaway. Best of all, you don’t need to photoshop, guess, or really work at al

Contest: Guess our bathroom stops, win a bunch of road trip gear including a Nokia N96

We just got back from our 3,200 mile road trip from Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA and still have a bunch of gear to giveaway.  This contest is simple: simply guess how many bathroom breaks my wife

Guess the MPG, win a JBL On Stage Micro & H/K earphones

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fusion-outside.jpg">We're nearing the end of <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/fusion-drive/">our long road trip</a> but we still ha

Video tour of the 2010 Ford Fusion's interior

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fusion12.jpg">So far we have <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/fusion-drive/">traveled 2000 miles</a> in the Ford Fusion Hybrid and

Short notice CrunchGear Vegas meet-up

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lasvegas_signnew1.jpg">My God. I have been driving forever in that damn <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/fusion-drive/">2010 Ford F

Video: The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid's instrument cluster

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/smartcluster.jpg">Ford speak for the Fusion's new display cluster is SmartGauge Cluster with EcoGuide; I call it the coolest thing about

The Fusion Drive so far

We’re almost halfway through our cross country drive in the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. So far, the car is impressive. It’s roomy, somewhat comfy, and gets great gas mileage. We’ve mana

Guess the Fusion Hybrid's mpg, win a WowWee Rovio

WowWee understands road trips often involve leaving your domicile unattended for a while and the Rovio can help stand guard. Not that the little bot can inflect R2D2-type shocks or anything, but at le

Fusion Drive contest updates

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/crazyhorse.jpg">We have <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/fusion-drive/">drove this 2010 Fusion Hybrid</a> about 1200 miles and gave

Pics of our 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

We are almost out of Michigan and I thought it was high time we stop for a break and a photo op. So far the Fusion isn’t disappointing. The LCD screens flanking the speedo is the coolest part of

Guess the MPG! Win a Navigon 4300T MAX GPS

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/navigon4300t.jpg"><a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/fusion-drive/">We're off</a>! We've just left Ford HQ in Dearborn, MI and are on

CrunchGear drives the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid across America

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fusiondrive.jpeg">This is going to be one heck of a trip: 10 days, over 3,000 miles, two people all in one 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. We ha

Matt Burns, a Ford Fusion, and You

Our own Matt Burns will be driving from Dearborn, Michigan to San Francisco in a new Ford Fusion Hybrid, a Ford we can all truly be excited about. He’ll be running contests and reporting live fr