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OWC & NT Storage Solutions Lion Ready.

Monday, July 18th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

You know that feeling when you’ve upgraded to a new operating system and you find that your favorite peripheral doesn’t work any more? We sure do; it stinks.

That’s why we’ve gathered all OWC and NewerTech storage solutions, including ‘legacy’ products from way back in our past and have tested them for compatibility with OS X 10.7 Lion.

You know what? They all work.

So if or when you switch to the new OS, you can be sure that whether you attach your OWC or NewerTech storage solution to your Mac via USB, FireWire, or eSATA, it’ll work just as well in 10.7 as it did in the versions before it.

Now if we only had the same sort of assurance for software…

Category: Tech Tips

Friday Price Drop: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini

Friday, July 15th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

It’s a funny thing about these price drops; they always seem to come in bunches. This time around is no different. First, there were the Mercury Elites. Then came the Mercury Elite Pro minis, followed by the Qx2.

Well, this time around, we’re featuring the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini. However, don’t expect the same, old-fashioned price drop. No sir-ee. We’ve got something special goin’ on here; not only are we featuring a price drop, but we’re adding new models as well.

The OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini is a portable, bus-powered FireWire 800&400, USB2, eSATA solution with up to 2.0TB of space, making it perfect for those needing convenient portability and/or small desktop footprint with capabilities not available in a single drive solution. Measuring only 6.1” x  5.6” x 1.1”, this compact workhorse utilizes the High-Performance Oxford936 chipset with user selectable RAID-0, RAID-1 or SPAN modes of operation. The high performance, interface support, and RAID mode options provide exceptional flexibility for a wide range of applications. Article Continues…

OWC’s July GarageSale/Clearance Underway!

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Sure, we announced a price drop on the Mercury Elite Pro Qx2 yesterday, but we understand that not everybody wants or needs a desktop RAID unit. That’s cool. As it turns out, we have lots of great deals on lots of different items – possibly something you’ve been looking for. Here’s just a sampling.

Grab these great deals while you can! 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.

OWC Radio #56 – Better Is In The “i” Of The Beholder

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael, OWC Grant, OWC Mike H., and OWC Chris S.

Mixed reactions from our panel on the announcements made by Apple at WWDC last week, from excitement to disappointment, fuel the discussions on this month’s episode. Topics include iCloud, iOS5, OS X Lion, iTunes Match, Mac Defender, AT&T’s 4G LTE network, the Apple / Nokia patent settlement and more.

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…

Category: OWC Radio

What Can An OWC SSD Do For You?

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 | Author: OWC Ryan

Hey guys and gals out there… I work at OWC, but I’m just a warehouse guy. I’m certainly no “power user”, but luckily for me, the powers that be decided to let me test drive an OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD in a 2.0GHz 2011 MacBook Pro for them anyway…and all I can say is WOW!

My work consists of very frequent use of browsers, database applications, PDFs, spreadsheets, and the like. I usually have 5-12 apps running at any given time, and am always switching frequently between them.

Folks told me I “wouldn’t really” benefit from the additional speed the OWC Pro 6G SSD offered. All I can say is… well… “Wrong!Article Continues…

Great Deals Pop Up Like May Flowers In This Month’s Garage Sale

Saturday, May 7th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Another month or so has gone by and we’ve got another Garage Sale chock-full of great deals for you. However, there are times to wax poetic about it, and there are times to just proceed on to business. This is the latter, so let’s just get right to it and see what’s available this month.

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How Earth Day Has Become Everyday

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 | Author: OWC Jon

I thought that in honor of Earth Day, it would be a perfect opportunity to create my first post themed on how you can treat ‘Mother Earth’ with some proactive steps towards a greener lifestyle. Like most of us, I never gave much thought to being more efficient with my day to day power consumption and did things like leaving a room with my computer on, blasting music all day, or leaving the television on and coming back in a few hours to continue finishing a movie.

Now that I’ve got my own house and I’m working on making it a home, I see exactly how much electricity I use and garbage I create monthly. My habits not only affect my wallet, but also our world by using up resources  unnecessarily. Since this realization, I’ve taken complete control of the situation by recycling as much trash as possible and using energy efficient power strips with my computer and media center and turning them off when not in use along with monitoring my monthly power usage. Those efforts have cut my carbon footprint size in half. Article Continues…

OWC Radio #54 – The $3 Word Episode

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | Author: OWC Michael, OWC Chris S., OWC Grant, and OWC Mike H.

Another month of news has gone by and there’s so much to discuss! The iPad 2 is still not widely available. Apple has cut several products from retail stores. Acer is looking to overhaul their operations to be more like Apple. OWC has released several new and exciting products in the last month. Join us as we discuss all of this and more.

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…

Category: OWC Radio