Author: Jacob Roach

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Cloud gaming, according to the many companies entering the field, is the future of gaming. Although that’s pushing it a little far — local gaming will dominant for many decades to come — cloud gaming could be a serious alternative a few years down the line. Some services, such as Shadow and PlayStation Now, showcase that.  The technology that cloud gaming uses has been around for many years, so it’s not a lack of tech that has kept cloud gaming from reaching the mainstream. Infrastructure, network capacity and remote input technology play a big role ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Amazon Prime Video usually doesn’t have a stellar roster of shows. Recently, though, that’s changed. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Boys and Good Omens have joined the ranks of The Man in the High Castle, cementing Amazon Prime Video as a serious streaming platform that can contend with the likes of Netflix.  In this guide, we’re going to show you how to watch one of Amazon’s most popular shows, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The show follows Miriam “Midge” Maisel, an ideal wife and mother in the 1950s who lives in New York’s Upper West Side ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; If you’re in the market for an external hard drive with the purpose of backing up your computer, 4TB is the perfect size. Although it may seem like overkill — a modest downloader may struggle to fill 1TB — the higher capacity will prove useful over time. In this guide to the best 4TB external hard drive, we’re going to show you our favorite ones.  We took notes from our best external hard drive guide, but we didn’t simply port the picks to this guide. External SSDs, which dominate the field in terms of performance ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; When looking at the best external hard drive picks, the 3TB capacity doesn’t come up much. As we’ll talk about in a minute, 3TB is a bit of a sore spot for most hard drives, forcing many manufacturers to cut the capacity altogether from their lineup.  That makes 3TB hard drives difficult to find, though not impossible. In this guide to the best 3TB external hard drive, we’ve done the research for you so you know which 3TB drives will stand the test of time. Though we still recommend going with a 2TB or 4TB ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; When choosing an external hard drive, you need to consider capacity. Overspending on storage space you’ll never use is not fun, and finding out that you need more capacity after a few months is annoying.  For most people, we recommend a 2TB external hard drive, which provides enough storage for backup while being suitable for a few extra files.  In this guide to the best 2TB external hard drive, we’re going to show you our favorite ones, pulling from our best external hard drive guide. We have five options to choose from, each offering something ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; When it comes to external hard drive sizes, 1TB is a bit of a sweet spot. It’s just enough storage to allow you to take your files on the go while not going into full-backup territory. File sizes are getting increasingly larger, making a 1TB external drive the minimum for storing extra data.  No matter if you want to expand your laptop storage or take a few movies on the go with you, we’re going to run down the best 1TB external hard drives around. We pulled from our best external hard drive guide to ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; The PS4 caused quite a stir when it was released, thanks to its hot, swappable storage design. Sony designed the console so the hard drive is accessible from a dedicated slot, away from other components. To change it, all you need to do is purchase a 2.5-inch hard drive, take out the old one and plug in your new one.  There are a few issues with changing your drive, though. First, you’ll lose all of your local files, including saves, unless they’re backed up to cloud storage. Second, you’ll have to download and manually install ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; When making the picks for our best external hard drive guide, there were a lot of factors we considered. Speed, build quality, price and support were at the forefront of our minds, while some other factors, such as reliability, took a backseat. In this guide to the most reliable external hard drive, we’re going to remedy that issue.  With this different focus, we can hone in on the drives that will stand the test of time, both in terms of performance and build quality. We’ve picked five options from our external hard drive reviews that ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Sony and Microsoft have tried their best to keep up with the demands of modern games in terms of processing power. The Xbox One X and PS4 Pro have expanded the functionality of their base systems in lieu of a new console generation, providing support for 4K gaming, enhanced textures and more.  However, one area that’s been overlooked in that process is storage. The Xbox One X, for example, only offers 1TB of capacity. Although this would have been impressive a few years ago, games have gotten much larger in the past couple of years, ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; Macs have a few issues, mainly in software support and overall raw power, but there are plenty of reasons to use one. The design is minimalist and attractive, the displays are absolutely gorgeous and you can get a lot of computer in a relatively small package. However, that small package makes it difficult to expand your storage.  Currently, the 13-inch MacBook Pro goes up to 2TB of storage, the 15-inch goes up to 4TB, and the iMac can hold up to 3TB. If you want to expand your storage, there isn’t much room inside, so ... Read More