Other World Computing announced today it has lowered prices and added new drive performance and capacity options to its OWC Turnkey Upgrade Installation Program for the 2010 27″ Apple iMac and 2011 21.5″ or 27″ iMac models. Starting from less than half the cost of factory SSD options, iMac owners can have OWC professionally install up to three award-winning OWC Mercury Solid State Drives up to 480GB each and with data rates over 2x faster than factory SSD options. Program options also include a larger capacity hard drive up to 4.0TB and certified Memory Upgrades up to 32GB. 27″ iMac owners also have the option of OWC installing the industry’s only eSATA interface and experience data transfer rates up to 600MB/s. OWC’s installation service program offers multiple configuration options starting at $169 with a 48 business hours or less installation turnaround. Article Continues…
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OWC Lowers Prices, Adds Higher Performance Drive And Storage Capacity Options To Turnkey Upgrade Service For 2010-2011 Apple iMacs
Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini Gets Smaller – in Price That Is.
It’s Friday and that means we’ve got another round of price drops just for you. This week we’re featuring the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini – A smaller, portable, bus-powered version of our best selling and award winning Mercury Elite-AL Pro line of desktop solutions. Designed for High-Performance, Flexibility, and Reliability + Ultimate Portability – this FireWire 800/400+USB2+eSATA measures in at only 5.5″ x 3.8″ x 1.1″ and provides up to 1.0TB of High-Performance Portable Capacity!Key features of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL FireWire 400 + USB2 Solutions include:
- Performance Oxford-based bridge solution
- Two 1394B 9 Pin, One USB 2.0, and One eSATA Interface ports
- Large Data Buffer up to 32MB
- Fully bootable, ideal for applications, A/V, Backup (TimeMachine, Etc), Photos, Music, etc.
- Single Cable Bus-Powerable via FireWire or USB2
- Bus-Power via FireWire (or AC Adapter) for High-Performance eSATA Interface use.
- Attractive & Compact shock resistant Aluminum design
- FireWire 800, USB 2.0, and eSATA Flex Cables ALL Included!
- Fully Mac & PC Compatible
- Industry Leading Comprehensive 3 Year Solution Warranty Article Continues…
Price Drop: Elite-AL Pro RAID
We try and post our price drops on Fridays here on the OWC Blog. Sometimes, like last week, we get a “two-fer” when two models of a drive see price reductions across the board. This week, we’ve got another “two-fer” price drop, this time on the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID storage solutions. Add that to the drop on the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus, and we’ve got a “Two-plus-one-fer” drop on RAID enclosures this week; all you need to decide is if you want a the security of a RAID 1 (Guardian MAXimus) or the speed and size of a RAID 0 (Elite-AL Pro RAID).
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay RAID solutions sport a sleek and compact aluminum design, measuring 9.3″ x 2.8″ x 5.6″. The Triple-Interface model features FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connections; The “Quad” Interface model adds eSATA as well.
Like all of our storage solutions, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire offers incredible performance along with great versatility. Key features include:
- Oxford 924 based performance bridge solution
- Large data buffer up to 32MB
- Fully bootable, ideal for applications, A/V, Photos, Music, etc.
- Certified for Audio/Video and Time Machine
- Attractive & compact shock resistant Aluminum design
- All connecting cables included
- Prosoft DataBackup III (OS X), NovaStor NovaBackup (Windows), Carbon Copy Cloner (OS X), and Intech Speed Tools (8.6-10.6.x) included
- Fully Mac & PC compatible
- Industry leading 3 year solution warranty
While speed, capacity and versatility are all wonderful things to have, what’s really exciting are these new, lower prices: Article Continues…
An On-The-Go Price Drop Two-fer
Every Friday, we let you know of any price drop on OWC or NewerTech storage solutions that may have occurred during the week. Most of the time, it’ll be a single model drive that gets this reduction. This week, though, we’ve got price drops on two different On-The-Go Pro models for twice the savings!
Our OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro portable storage solutions provide convenient, flexible storage at a competitive price. Built for performance, reliability, and durability, Mercury On-The-Go models have been recognized with top reviews and include ‘Very Good’, ‘Gear of the Year’, and ‘Editor’s Choice’ award bestowments.
OWC Mercury On-the-Go Solutions require no external power; they reliably bus power via a single port—no Y-Cables or dual ports required! All of our solutions utilize the best qualified hard drive mechanisms for optimum performance and reliability. The On-The-Go’s shock absorbing design further protects the drive and your valuable data from external forces.
Other Features:
- All connecting cables included
- Bootable via all interfaces
- Oxford chipsets (models with FireWire only)
- Carrying Case included
- Intech Hard Disk Speed Tools suite and Carbon Copy Cloner included
- Full retail versions of Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X (a $59.95 retail value) and NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows (a $49.95 retail value).
- Industry leading 3 year OWC warranty
While all those features are noteworthy in and of themselves, these great new prices make the On-The-Go solutions even more desirable. Article Continues…
On-The-Go gets even better with more sizes & lower prices.
We’re well into the Summer season now (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere) which is a popular time for vacations. Whether you’re visiting relatives, traveling to see amazing sights, or just staying at home, there’s a good chance you’re going to take a lot of photos and maybe even some video, both of which will eventually be stored on your computer.
Unfortunately, if you put all those files on your main hard drive, it’ll fill up quickly and having too full a drive can affect performance. That’s just no fun!
Our OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire+USB2 Combo portable solutions provide convenient, flexible storage at a competitive price. Built for performance, reliability, and durability, Mercury On-The-Go models have been recognized with top reviews and include ‘Very Good’, ‘Gear of the Year’, and ‘Editor’s Choice’ award bestowments.
OWC Mercury On-the-Go Solutions require no external power; they reliably bus power via a single port – No Y-Cables or dual ports required! All of our solutions utilize the best qualified hard drive mechanisms for optimum performance and reliability. The On-The-Go’s shock absorbing design further protects the drive and your valuable data from external forces.
Other Features:
- All connecting cables included
- Bootable via all interfaces
- Oxford chipsets (models with FireWire only)
- Carrying Case included
- Intech Hard Disk Speed Tools suite and Carbon Copy Cloner included
- Full retail versions of Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X (a $59.95 retail value) and NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows (a $49.95 retail value).
- Industry leading 3 year OWC warranty
Portability with great value is a hallmark of the On-The-Go series. With these new prices, the value is even better:
- 160GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer — NOW $ 77.99
- 250GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer — $ 82.99
- 320GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer — NOW $87.99
- 500GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer — NOW $99.97 (a $10 drop)
- 640GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer — NOW $135.99
- 750GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer **NEW** — $159.99
- 1.0TB 5200RPM 8MB Buffer — NOW $234.99
7200RPM Drives:
- 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Buffer — $89.99
- 320GB 7200RPM 16MB Buffer — NOW $97.99
- 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Buffer — NOW $119.99
Also available, OWC On-the-Go 2.5” ‘add your own drive’ kits are now priced from $24.99
Prosoft Drive Genius 3 Bundle Offer
Purchasing Prosoft Drive Genius 3 along with an OWC On-The-Go (or any OWC or NewerTech external storage solution) can save you $60 off the retail price of the program.
Check our Web site for more details.