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Heads up! OWC Mercury On-The-Go prices are falling.

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Just when you thought the deals on our OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro drive line were as good as you could get, they drop like an errant meteor.

Available in USB 2.0, FireWire 400 & USB 2.0, and FireWire 800/400 & USB 2.0 varieties, OWC Mercury On-The-Go 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 great features:

  • All connecting cables included
  • Bootable via all interfaces
  • Oxford chipsets (models with FireWire only)
  • Carrying Case Included
  • Intech Hard Disk Speed Tools suite, 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

Right out of the gate, these storage solutions are among the best values out there. With our great new prices, that value gets even better! Article Continues…

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Consider Keeping a Backup of Your Data Off-Site

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 | Author: OWC Richard

Several months ago, I had a catastrophic drive failure with my main music computer which wiped out my audio drive & motherboard!  I decided then and there that I would never let myself be vulnerable for data loss again.

I recently purchased the new Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini, and I love it! The purchase was made specifically for storing my precious music, financial records, and picture data off-site. That way, if anything were to physically happen to my computer, I would not lose any of my data.

Initially, I was going to ask my brother-in-law to hold onto the backup drive at his house for my off-site storage, but he’s approximately 40 miles from where I live.  But then I remembered my safe deposit box at the bank. Why not put the drive in there along with my paper based documents?

The beauty of this drive, as well as the Mercury On-The-Go-Pro, is that it fits easily in my safe deposit box.  So with very little expense, I now have off-site storage within 2 miles from where my studio is for protecting all my precious data.

I will be purchasing a second Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini so I can reduce the trips to my bank to every two weeks with new data saved. I’ve found that this is an excellent product, and now I finally have an inexpensive off-site storage solution!

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November 30th – A Very Important Day for the World.

Monday, November 30th, 2009 | Author: OWC Chris S.

historyToday is a very important day.

The first Monday after Thanksgiving is commonly known as “Cyber Monday” and is the day that many online stores do a lot of their Holiday sales.

So, one may think we’d be touting all our holiday specials on the blog today. After all, it’s what you’d expect.

Sure, I could talk about the OWC Express enclosure blowout, but I did that last week and I hate to repeat myself.

I could talk about the highly-praised NewerTech Voyager Docking Solution and the bundles we offer with it, but that would barely be worthy to mention today. The same thing goes for the great specials we’ve got on OWC Mercury On-The-Go enclosures.

Normally, knocking nearly 2/3 off of the Lenspen VidiMax Ultra: Deluxe LCD / Plasma Screen Cleaning Kit would be worthy of talking about, but not today.

Even the free shipping we’re offering on orders over $150 can’t compare to the amazing significance today will hold in history.

No, my friends, today is a day of significance, hope, and glory, for today is the 40th Anniversary of the first appearance of “Mahna Mahna” by the Muppets on the Ed Sullivan Show. While there was a considerably more primitive version that appeared on Sesame Street earlier in the year, this was the rendition that really brought it into the spotlight, and was the version that most directly evolved into the most popular version from The Muppet Show in 1975.

This is such an important landmark in our history as a species, I couldn’t possibly bear to sully this important day with overt mentions of great deals.

I’ll leave that up to OWC Grant and hourly Tweets…just follow us on Twitter

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When You Need 2.5″ 1TB Capacity…Read the label.

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 | Author: OWC Grant

otg-nutritionIn case you were too caught up in our Facebook images covering our wind turbine arrival, you might have missed the plethora of media attention that our newest OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro™ model received yesterday. What’s the big news? How does the first FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 bus powered 2.5” portable drive offering 1TB of storage capacity on the market grab ya?

The high-performance, pocket-sized portable storage solution for Mac or PC users features FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and/or USB 2.0 connectivity for data transfer speeds up to 100MB/s with its 1TB of storage capacity, now offers 100% more data storage capacity than the highest capacity offered in the Mercury On-The-Go Pro line at the start of September.

It’s small enough to fit into your shirt pocket yet can hold up to 1,000,000 JPEG photos, 500 DVD movies, 76 hours of digital video, or 350,000 MP3 songs in its stylish, impact resistant (teaser alert…VERY cool video coming on this soon…) acrylic case. Because it’s bus-powered, it can be used without an AC adapter which makes it perfect for road warriors, students on the go, and even the outdoors types that want to watch that latest blockbuster movie while communing with nature.

With a variety of FireWire and USB 2.0 interface models to choose from, the Plug and Play ready Mercury On-The-Go Pro can be used with Macs and PCs for data backups, transporting large files between computers, additional storage capacity, and even demanding uses like A/V editing and live music recording. The drive can also be used with storage capable digital cameras and camcorders with FireWire and/or USB data ports for fast, on-location backups of images and video.

OWC Larry was like a proud new papa when we realized that the OTG was going to be the first FireWire/USB 2.5″ 1TB external drive announced. “This was quite a month of innovations. The first week of September came the first 750GB FireWire/USB bus powered portable on the market. Mid-month we debuted solid state drive based models that are the most affordable SSD based portables on the market. Then to finish off the month with the new 1TB On-The-Go models really goes to show we put a big emphasis on even the smallest of our drives.”

The new Mercury On-The-Go Pro 1TB line is available in three interface models:

  • “Triple Interface” with FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 connectivity, $359.99
  • “Combo Interface” with FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connectivity, $329.99
  • USB 2.0 only connectivity, $299.99

All three models are available for pre-ordering with an expected shipping date of October 19. They are compatible with Apple OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, Apple OS X (all versions) including the latest 10.6 “Snow Leopard”; and Windows 98SE or later operating systems and come ready for Plug and Play ease of use with all supported interface connecting cables, carrying case, $200 retail value disk utility software bundle, and an industry leading three year complete solution warranty which also features 48 hour warranty service.

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