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Want a Free 240GB 6G SSD?

Monday, October 17th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Well… it’s not exactly free. You see, there’s a minor catch to it; you have to win.

OWC and Real World Labs are offering a giveaway where one lucky winner gets a high-speed 240GB OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD.

Entering the contest is pretty simple.

  1. Join/Like the official Other World Computing Facebook page.
  2. Join/Like the official Real World Labs Facebook page .
  3. Comment under the “Real World Labs and Other World Computing Joint Contest” post on the RWL FaceBook Page.

Then, you sit back and wait.

The contest is open to EVERYONE, regardless of where you live, it will run up to the 15th of November and  the winning person is required to post a picture of the product once he/she receives it (for validation purposes, of course).

 

Upgrade Your 06-08 Mac Pro’s Internal Bays to SATA 3.0

Friday, October 14th, 2011 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Most of the time, your average Mac has a longer useful life than its PC counterpart. Unfortunately, the fast evolution of technology means that, after a while, that older Mac may seem a little slow and may not be able to take full advantage of current tech.

Such is the case for earlier Mac Pros. As they currently sit, they only move data at SATA 2.0  speeds, roughly three gigabits per second. If you wish to put the drives in to a RAID array, you are limited to either a mirrored RAID 1, losing half your capacity, or a RAID 0, which is faster, but increases the risk of data loss. On top of that, those RAID levels are all software-based, which can reduce overall performance.

Fortunately, if you happen to have a 2006-2008 Mac Pro, you can improve the performance in those bays, with only one small thing to lookout for. Article Continues…

OWC Announces Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G As Industry’s First 6Gbps Solid-State Drive For 2011 Apple MacBook Air

Thursday, September 15th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing announced today the industry’s first 6G SSD upgrade for the 2011 Apple MacBook Air 11.1″ and 13.3″ models.  The new OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSDs combine award-winning SandForce technologies and Tier 1/Grade A Toggle Synchronous NAND to deliver data rates that are more than 3x faster and capacities that are up to 4x greater than factory available SSD options.  Currently available in two sizes–120GB and 240GB–the new 6Gb/s SATA 3.0 Revision models continue OWC’s position as the only alternative to factory SSD options for the 2010-2011 MacBook Air. 3G speed models from OWC are also available in capacities of up to 480GB. Article Continues…

2011 MacBook Pro SATA Problems Resolved!

Thursday, September 15th, 2011 | Author: OWC Larry

If you’ve been reading the OWC Blog for the past few months, you’re probably well aware of the problems that 2011 MacBook Pros were having with 6.0Gb/s SATA performance. If you’re not familiar with it, the short form is that in many 17″ 2011 MacBook Pros (and some 15″ and 13″ as well) had problems with SATA 3.0 Revision SSDs such as the Mercury EXTREME Pro 6Gthrough no fault of the SSD— resulting in spotty performance,  beach ball timeout delays, and even complete failure to recognize SATA 3.0 6Gb/s SSDs at all.

Well, if you ran Software Update this morning, MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 appears to be the answer. Nearly seven months after these machines first became available, all indications are that we can now reliably count on taking full advantage of the 6Gb/s capability provided.

Apple has somewhat dodged giving any direct response on the issue itself, but this long awaited solution just happens to be there in this update with the official description on Apple’s support site only mentioning the update as addressing Lion Internet Recovery and Thunderbolt. We are very thankful and excited to see the ‘quiet’ fix for 6Gb/s SATA 3.0 main bay drive reliability as a further benefit of this update. Article Continues…

OWC Radio #59 – Podcast Of The Apes

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael, OWC Chris S., OWC Grant, and OWC Mike H.

“It’s a mad house! A mad house!” Steve Jobs retires. Apple loses an iPhone prototype…again! Orangutans are the next demographic using the iPad. Have we gone bananas? Journey with us as we figure it all out!

OWC Radio is a monthly, forum-based podcast focused on the events and happenings in the Mac community. This week’s hosts are: OWC Grant, OWC Chris S., and OWC Mike H. Article Continues…

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OWC Introduces First ‘Apple/Mac Friendly’ Firmware Update Solution For SandForce Driven Solid State Drives

Thursday, September 1st, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing announced today the industry’s first and only Apple/Mac compatible firmware updater for SandForce Driven Solid State Drives. The fully Mac bootable updater is freely available from OWC for use exclusively with select OWC Mercury Solid State Drive models manufactured since January 2010. This new Mac compatible firmware updater is in addition to firmware update support OWC previously made available for Macintosh computers via the use of Bootcamp, as well as for PCs running the Windows OS. Article Continues…

OWC Announces Lowest Priced 60GB Mercury Electra 6G SSD – One Of The Fastest 6G Solid State Drives Available

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing today announced the $129.99 MSRP 60GB capacity model to its award-winning, built in the USA OWC Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive line. Offering a lower starting price point to one of the industry’s fastest 6G SSD lines, the new SandForce Driven 6Gb/s 60GB capacity OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD utilizes the highest quality components available, including Tier 1/Grade A NAND, to deliver 556MB/s read and 523MB/s write sustained data rates for over 7X faster performance than a standard factory hard drive found in Mac and PC computers. Article Continues…

OWC Represents “Voice Of Consumers” Usage Of Solid State Drives At Flash Memory Summit 2011

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing today announced it will represent the “voice of consumers” when several of its executives make presentations to Flash memory industry experts at the Flash Memory Summit being held today through this Thursday, August 11, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

The Flash Memory Summit is the only conference dedicated entirely to the $38 billion market for flash memory and Solid State Drive (SSD) applications. Panel discussions, keynotes, paper sessions, workshops and special sessions are conducted to explore the uses, challenges, and future of flash memory and its applications from the iPad to enterprise level deployment. Summit themes will include: Solid State Drives (SSDs), Using Flash Storage in Consumer Applications, Managing Flash, and Flash as Nonvolatile Rugged Memory. Article Continues…

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