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First Garage Sale of the Year!

Monday, January 9th, 2012 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Well, it’s a busy, busy, busy time of year for us. We’re winding down from the holidays, we’ve got a lot of products being released/announced at CES, and we’re looking forward to Macworld, too. However, we’ve always got time for a great deal, and our Garage Sale Page is chock full of them.

So without any further ado, let’s take a look at what you can find this month:

Act quickly – items are “first come, first served” and of varying limited quantities. Quantities are limited to that which is on hand and items automatically count down and ‘disappear’ as sold out. Sorry… no rain checks.

 

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Ring in the New Year with OWC Gear!

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Well, Christmas has passed, Hanukkah is in the final stretch, Boxing Day has come and gone, the Festivus Pole has been put away, and now we’re looking at the end of the year. For some, this means getting those “extras” like more RAM or an SSD for their new Mac, a case/carrier for their new iPad, or more storage to hold all those new digital photos and music. For others, it’s a matter of getting that new equipment for the office by the end of the year for tax purposes. Still others may just want a great deal on something they really want.

No matter what your reasoning is, OWC has the gear you need, and can get it to you before year’s end.

If you got a new Mac this year (or even if you’ve had one for a while now and would like to breathe some new life into it), adding more memory and an SSD can unleash your computer’s full potential.

Did you get a new phone, tablet, mp3 player, or other device that charges via USB? Don’t mess with those bulky and ugly wall adapters or tie up the USB ports on your computer simply to charge it. The award-winning Power2U wall outlet from Newer Technology is the first UL-listed wall outlet with integrated USB charging ports.

For those of you looking for an amazing deal, we still have a sizable list of holiday specials left on our Holiday Savers page. You can find memory upgrade kits starting at $26.50, DIY 2.5” Hard Drive Bundles up to 1.0TB, and much more.

And if you order by December 31, and use the Checkout with Amazon option on your order, you can save up to an additional $50 on your order.

Let your computer start the new year the right way: with upgrades and accessories from OWC!

 

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Hard Drive Supply: We’re not quite in the clear yet.

Friday, December 23rd, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

There has been another development in our ongoing coverage regarding how the flooding in Thailand has been affecting the hard drive industry. With the waters receding and the supply chains starting to open back up, the prices on drives have started to level off. We were expecting them to return to pre-flood pricing somewhere around the middle of 2012.

However, widespread migrant workers strikes in China may now cause another blip in the overall availability of completed drives. Article Continues…

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Thailand Hard Drive Production Resuming

Monday, December 5th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

We’ve finally got some positive news amongst the dire supply conditions brought on by the Thailand floods; Western Digital has resumed its hard drive production in Thailand.

According to a press release on the WD Web site, the company restarted production of hard drives in one of its buildings on November 30, one week ahead of schedule.

They have also removed all the the slider head equipment (a key component in drive manufacturing) for refurbishment. Head slider manufacturing is expected to restart some time in March. Other facilities are expected to be pumped dry within the next ten days or so, allowing refurbishment to commence there, as well.

While it’s a glimmer of hope, it should be noted that those slider heads are a significant component of hard drives, and that supplies are still low. WD estimates this quarter’s hard drive production will be around 120 million units (including inventoried supply at the beginning of the quarter) versus a demand of between 170 million and 180 million units.

So, hard drive supplies are still going to be short for a while, but at least there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

 

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Holiday Sales Continue on Cyber Monday

Monday, November 28th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Gifts from OWC - Always the right choice!Last week, we posted on our Black Friday/Holiday specials and, quite frankly, the response has been tremendous. We’ve had record numbers of orders, which tells us that a lot of people are finding those deals to be pretty good. Well, we’re going to bump it up a notch and throw a few more deals into the mix.

Rather than a slow, building tease where we show you some neat stuff before trotting out the big mind-blower, we’re going to start out with the special that a lot of us around the office are excited about: We’re offering Drive Genius 3 for up to 74% off Retail Price with the purchase of a qualifying OWC/Newer Technology Storage Solution or enclosure/DIY Kit!

This is actually pretty exciting. Drive Genius 3 allows you to maintain and monitor your drive’s health, alerting you to possible issues before they become unmanageable. You can even use the Drive Slim feature to remove duplicate files and perform other actions that can reduce the amount of space taken up on your drives. With the current hard drive shortage, you’ll want to keep your current drives in tip-top shape, and Drive Genius 3 is the tool to help you do so.

Speaking of hard drives, we’ve got some great new deals on bus-powered portable drives. Starting at $79, these drives are an affordable, convenient solution to your storage needs while on the go.

Over the years, we’ve shown that adding more memory to your computer gives you the most performance per dollar than any other upgrade. Now, with our special holiday pricing, there’s no reason not to max out that new computer (or, for that matter, the one you already have) and keep the holiday joy going all year long.

Of course, these aren’t the only great deals we’ve got for you; we have nearly three hundred different items on our Holiday Specials page. You’d better act fast, though – with the record numbers of people ordering this year, you’ll want to make sure you get your great deal before supplies run out!

 

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Early Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals From OWC!

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 | Author: OWC Grant

It’s that time of year again, where traditionalists head out into the freezing cold (or the blistering heat for those in the southern hemisphere) in search of the perfect gifts for loved ones.

Fortunately, with OWC, you don’t need to camp out in front of a store, waste time standing in snail slow checkout lines, or wait for tomorrow in an attempt to get a great deal on tech gear. We’ve got over 250 featured items on our Cyber Specials page – it’s like “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” both in one day…or a Turducken…except it starts today and runs through this entire weekend. And some specials will even run through the entire season!

Whether those on your good list have a legacy machine, a new 6G capable Mac, or any of the myriad of iDevices, we have something that will make it run faster, last longer, look sharp, in short, make it better than when it was new…and in some cases, better than the latest models from Apple.

While it would take forever to describe all the tasty deals, there are a few that we’d definitely like to highlight…and make sure to read to the end to see how we make these deals even better…as irresistible as that third helping of stuffing and gravy: Article Continues…

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Thailand Flood Update: It May Be Longer Than We Thought.

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

We know that, to some, we seem to be talking about the Thailand situation an awful lot. However, since the flooding has affected hard drive production, that impacts the entire industry and we figure it’s better to let you know what’s happening, so you can make the best purchase decisions for your storage needs.

As we’ve mentioned before, not only are plants for major drive brands like Western Digital affected by the flooding, so are manufacturers of the individual hard drive components. As you might not know, most hard drives have upwards of 200 individual components that go into them (many of them produced by individual suppliers in the flooded region), even if the drive manufacturer’s plants weren’t directly affected by the floods, they are still facing shortages of components. Hard drive motor manufacturer Nidec, who we’ve mentioned before, is just one example.

Even once the waters recede, drive industry experts are saying it could take a year for these component manufacturers to replace their machinery, and many may have to relocate as well. Some companies, like Nidec, aren’t waiting for the waters to recede and have sent divers in to unbolt and retrieve equipment. Others, like suspension arm maker Hutchinson Technology, still has $50 million worth of specialty manufacturing equipment bolted to their now-submerged factory floor.

While many analysts have stated that production should be back to normal by the end of Summer 2012, others are now projecting shortages until the end of 2012 at the very least, primarily because many of the components are surprisingly single source supplied.

In other words, it doesn’t matter if you can push a car down the assembly line if an essential component, say the steering wheel, isn’t available.

 

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Gobble Up Some Great Deals at November’s Garage Sale.

Monday, November 14th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Yes, it’s that time of year where the air is frosty, the leaves have turned and fallen, and turkeys everywhere are a little nervous. Here at OWC, though, we’re continuing to put out a cornucopia of great deals.

You can stuff your computer with more memory (which, incidentally, is a lot more effective than stuffing it with cornbread), and garnish it with a bounty of accessories. We’ve got a feast of deals here for you, so let’s dig in!

As always, you’d better act fast – items are “first come, first served” and of varying limited quantities. Quantities are limited to that which is on hand and items automatically count down and ‘disappear’ as sold out. Sorry… no rain checks.

 

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