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November, 2008

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | Author: OWC Larry

Greetings & Happy Thanksgiving from the OWC Team! Hard to believe it’s already here. We’ll be carving up the turkey and with trimmings all ready. As fast as these holidays come to be, it’s that time with you family gotta make count all the more. Once the moment is passed, only in memory does it exist. Ideally fond memories with lots of thanks.

While we’re being thankful and hopefully enjoying the day with family, remember those that don’t get the day off. A sincere thank you to everyone in our public services – police officers, fire fighters, doctors, med techs, ambulance drivers, all of you with jobs and responsibilities that don’t just pause because it’s a national holiday, weekend, etc. Huge thanks to those in the service and our Veterans who’s service has preserved and protected so much we sometimes forget to be thankful for. In this age of information, lots of things to complain about – just need to remember so much more there, the important things to be thankful for.

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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | Author: OWC Grant

Faster Read/Write to 8X for DVDs, 24X for CDs — Priced from $159.99 Add Latest Optical Drive Performance to Existing MacBook/MacBook Pros

November 25, 2008, Woodstock, IL — Other World Computing (OWC®) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today two new OWC “Mercury” SuperDrive Internal Upgrade Kits for MacBook 13″ and MacBook Pro 15″ pre-Unibody notebook computers.

The new OWC Mercury SuperDrive Internal Upgrades offer faster read/write for DVD+/-R/RW, Dual-Layer DVD, DVD-RAM, and CD-R/RW; with burn speeds of up to 8X for DVDs and 24X for CDs.  OWC Mercury SuperDrive Upgrade Kits provide low-cost options for adding the latest optical drive performance and features to existing MacBook and MacBook Pro computers.

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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | Author: OWC Grant

Drive Genius 2 final cost as low as $20 when purchased with qualifying OWC or Newer Technology external FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and/or eSATA interface storage products

November 19, 2008, Woodstock, IL — Other World Computing (OWC®) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac® and PC technology company, has partnered with Prosoft Engineering to offer Drive Genius 2 at up to $79 off retail on orders with qualifying items – final cost as low as $20!

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008 | Author: OWC Larry

Greetings again from Woodstock! I think we’ve got a nice variety of information in this newlstter edition and hope you’ll enjoy. Got 6GBs of memory for MacBooks, a new ‘Voyager’ HD Dock, a realworld look at the Unibody MacBooks + lots more in between. Here we go!

Install up to 6.0GB in MacBook & MacBook Pro Core 2 Duos

One of my favorite things to say and show is how more memory really makes the difference. For nearly two years we’ve been working to provide a solution that would allow us to break the 4GB limit in Core 2 Duo Mac models. While we’ve been able to build 4GB DDR2 SO-DIMM 667MHz models for some time, the challenge – or really what ended up being the wait – was for the memory device components that could run at a low power and heat level as to meet specification and provide the reliable operation required of every OWC module.

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Friday, November 14th, 2008 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Do you want to watch your favorite TV shows on your Mac, iPod, AppleTV or other device, but don’t want to be locked into buying them from the iTunes Music Store?

With Elgato and OWC, now you can!

Whether your Mac is brand new, or has seen several years of service, you can be recording, editing down, and watching your favorite shows with a minimum of fuss and OWC shows you how!

Check out our overview of what you need, and how to do it at:

www.macsales.com/OWCTIPDVR

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Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Author: OWC Grant

miniStack world’s highest capacity powered hub solution; Mercury Elite-AL Pro world’s highest capacity “Quad Interface” professional grade storage solution.

FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and/or eSATA solutions priced from $249.99

November 13, 2008 Woodstock, IL — Other World Computing (OWC®) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, today announced that it has expanded the storage capacity of the NewerTech miniStack® powered hub and OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire® 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and/or eSATA storage solution lines from 1.0TB to an industry leading 1.5TB (1500GB), making them the world’s highest capacity single drive powered hub and “Quad Interface” professional grade storage solutions available.

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Friday, November 7th, 2008 | Author: OWC Larry

Roughly once a month we post those open box, refurb, one of a kind, end of life – you name it products that are priced to move. Limited availability and first come, first served fulfillment means these goodies don’t very long once the word is out. As a Tips n’ Deals subscriber – you’re getting the first notice of these latest postings. About 200 listings now live with nearly 150 just turned on. Hot buys on wireless, hard drive enclosures, hard drives, memory, some ‘for parts ibooks, all sorts of accessories, etc.

On Monday we’ll be sending notice out far and wide – this weekend you’ve got notice first to have have first dibs from this first look:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/garage_sale

Have a great weekend – we’ll be writing again real soon! And Thanks! :)

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | Author: OWC Grant

Lower Cost than Factory Options and Now up to 50% More Total Memory!

November 6, 2008, Woodstock, IL — Other World Computing (OWC®) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today new OWC 4GB modules and 6GB Memory Upgrade Sets for MacBook 13″, MacBook Pro 15″, and MacBook Pro 17″ Models, which prior factory and after-market options limited memory to a maximum of 4GB total.

The additional memory provides a significant benefit to users of high-memory intensive applications, such as audio/video, photo, 3D modeling, as well as offering overall system performance benefits.

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | Author: OWC Grant

When considering tech product prices, far too often price is the biggest deciding factor. But ask yourself this question, “what price do I put on value?”

While OWC has competitive prices on over 1,600 products, what we truly offer is value. And I define that word with high performance, high quality, and highly reliable products. Backed by award winning, FREE U.S. based technical support, FREE installation videos, even Live Chat support on weekends.

At OWC, you never have to wonder if you matter to us. Our unofficial mission statement covers that pretty succinctly: To Serve The Customer.

And how many firms have the CEO reporting to the Customer on an organization chart?

So when that “pretty” lower price by a dollar offer sings its siren’s song to you, ask yourself if it comes with empty promises. To me, there’s not much value in making price the deciding factor in a purchase.

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | Author: OWC Mike H.

The latest Late08 "Unibody" Macbook   The latest Late08

Make your new MacBook or MacBook Pro reach its full potential with memory upgrades from OWC. 

View the performance benchmarks!

  • 2.0GB Upgrade Module $65.99
  • 4.0GB Upgrade Kit (2.0GB Modules x 2 Set) $129.99
  • 4.0GB Module $699.99
  • 6.0GB Upgrade Kit (4.0GB + 2.0GB Module Set) $759.99

View the OWC MacBook and MacBook Pro “unibody” memory and hard drive upgrade page>>

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