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Price Drop on Qx2 Lets You Get Your RAID On For Less!

Friday, July 8th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Wow! The prices have been dropping on our products so often lately, some of us are considering hard hats! We’ve got yet another price reduction this week; this time around we’re dropping prices on our highly-acclaimed OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 storage solutions.

The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 is a High-Performance RAID Solution for your high capacity needs of up to 12.0TB and can be configured in RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or non-RAID SPAN modes easily. The Qx2 features a “Quad Interface” allowing you to connect via FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB2, or eSATA. Article Continues…

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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini: Now The Price is Smaller, Too

Friday, July 1st, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Whether it’s the warm summer air, the anticipation of Independence Day around the corner or just a dedication to bringing you the best deal possible, we’ve got another price drop for you. This time around, we’re lowering prices on the OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini: a smaller, portable, bus-powered version of our best selling and award winning Mercury Elite Pro line of desktop solutions.

Designed for High-Performance, Flexibility, and Reliability + Ultimate Portability, this “Quad Interface” (FireWire 800/400+USB2+eSATA) unit 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:

  • Performance Oxford 944-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 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 Comprehensive 3 Year Solution Warranty

That’s a lot of value in such a little package – especially with these new, lower prices! Article Continues…

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Price Drops on Mercury Elite Pro Storage Solutions

Friday, June 24th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

It’s been a couple of months since we had a nice Price Drop for you. Well, just in time to make some room for all the movies you might be making with the newly released Final Cut Pro X or simply to make sure your system is backed up and ready for OS X 10.7 Lion, we’ve got some great new prices on the OWC Mercury Elite Pro FireWire/USB 2.0 and “Quad Interface” model storage solutions.

Like all of our storage solutions, the Mercury Elite Pro series offers incredible performance along with great versatility. Key features include:

  • Oxford-based performance bridge solution
  • Two 1394B 9 pin FW800 ports, One 1394A 6 pin FW400 port, One USB 2.0 port, One eSATA port (“Quad” Interface Model Only)
  • Two 1394A Pin 6 Pin FW400 Ports, One USB 2.0 Port (FW/USB version only)
  • 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
  • Connection cables for all interfaces 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 comprehensive 3 year solution warranty with one year Level 1 Data Recovery services

While some media outlets, like Maximum PC, are reporting that there could be a drive shortage in the second half of 2011 due to the affects of the earthquake in Japan, current drive prices are stable for the most part. Unfortunately, there will always be sources that see an opportunity to make more money by raising prices to resellers or the resellers themselves raising prices on existing inventory.

Even though we have observed some drive supply crunches, we fortunately have the personnel and procedures in place to keep our drive supply high…and prices low. These new lower prices are a great example of how OWC always has your best interests in mind. Article Continues…

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OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini Single Drive “Quad Interface” External Storage Solution Now Features Next Generation Oxford 944SE Chipset

Monday, June 13th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing today announced its Mercury Elite Pro mini portable external storage solution now features the next generation Oxford 944SE bridge chipset from PLX Technology for faster data throughput, reduced power consumption, and even cooler operation. Offering a “Quad Interface” of FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA connectivity for data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s, the Mercury Elite Pro mini delivers high performance storage/backup to Mac or PC users in a portable, no AC adapter required Plug and Play footprint.

13 “Quad Interface” models offering a variety of speed and capacity options from $99.97: Article Continues…

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The OWC May Garage Sale Is Now In Full Swing!

Saturday, June 4th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Traditionally, Memorial Day weekend kicks off  the unofficial start Garage Sale season. Trekking from house to house and sifting though a sea of mismatched Tupperware, baby clothes and other unwanted items; thousands find themselves looking for that gem of a deal or treasures from years past that just aren’t available anymore.

The OWC Garage Sale is different. There’s no waiting for the season as we have one each and every month of the year! No need to drive from location to location looking for that one special item as everything is in one convenient location – your web browser! And if you’re looking for treasures past, we got em!

Just a few highlights of what you’ll find this month:

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April Garage Sale – Like a Tax Refund Without the IRS.

Monday, April 11th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

It’s tax season, and while we’re now finding out whether we’ve overpaid the government or still owe them money, we can take solace in the fact that the OWC Garage Sales give you the best deals without the need for an accountant.

Here’s some of the great finds in April’s Garage Sale.

You can find these deals, and many others on our Garage Sale page.

While we try to get these deals posted on the Blog as soon as possible, the best way to get the “inside scoop” on upcoming Garage Sale deals is to subscribe to our Tips & Deals Newsletter and Hot Deals blasts. They’re free to join and, unlike some other places, we don’t sell our subscriber lists to anybody.

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Price Drops on Two Elite-AL Pro Models for Double the Savings

Friday, April 8th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

It may have been a while since our last Price Drop announcement, but we haven’t forgotten about you. Far from it. We’ve just been waiting to spring (no pun intended) a double-drop on you to make up for the delay. Well, the wait is over; we’ve got price drops on both the Firewire/USB and “Quad” Interface versions of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro storage solution.

Like all of our storage solutions, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro series offers incredible performance along with great versatility. Key features include:

  • Oxford 924 based performance bridge solution
  • Two 1394B 9 pin FW800 ports, One 1394A 6 pin FW400 port, One USB 2.0 port, One eSATA port (“Quad” Interface Model Only)
  • Two 1394A Pin 6 Pin FW400 Ports, One USB 2.0 Port (FW/USB version only)
  • 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
  • Connection cables for all interfaces 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 comprehensive 3 year solution warranty

Sure, that’s a lot of great features, but we all know that’s not what you’re really reading for. You want to know about the new prices. I suppose that’s only fair – we’ve made you wait long enough… Article Continues…

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March Garage Sale up and running; Get the deals while they last!

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

It’s not quite Friday yet, but it’s never too early for a great deal, and you can always be sure our Garage Sales are a great way to get the peripherals and parts you you want at the best prices.

With new firmware and other product related events, this is getting up a little late, but there are still plenty of great deals available. If you want to get in on the ground floor and find out what’s going on special as soon as OWC Larry announces it, you’ll definitely want to subscribe to the OWC Tips & Deals Newsletter.

Before we lay all those great deals on you, we also want to let you know that, in addition to what these listings already offer, OWC takes care of freight on orders of $159 or more, plus offers extra savings when you use your Amazon account via OWC on orders of $199 and up.

So let’s see what we’ve got this time around: Article Continues…

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