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NewerTech Introduces Highest Capacity 2.0TB Guardian MAXimus mini “Quad Interface” Portable RAID Solution For Macs And PCs

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Newer Technology, Inc. announced today that it has added a new model – featuring dual 2.5″ 1.0TB SATA drives for up to 2.0TB of storage – to its bus powered (no AC adapter needed) ultra portable Guardian MAXimus mini storage solution line. The new model provides 1.0TB hardware RAID-1 redundancy for a MAXProtect “mirrored” copy of data or a 2.0TB RAID-0 mode for MAXPerform speed and a “Quad Interface” of FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, & eSATA connections to offer Mac and PC users Plug and Play data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s.

The NewerTech Guardian MAXimus mini, a Visionary Product Awards finalist at CES in the Storage Visions 2011 Awards Program, is available immediately in seven hard drive based models with up to 2.0TB of capacity and three Solid State Drive (SSD) models with up to 960GB of storage capacity starting at $179.99 MSRP from NewerTech’s exclusive distributor, Other World Computing, as well as through the retail channel. Article Continues…

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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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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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OWC Introduces New Mercury Rack Pro 1U RAID Storage Solutions Offering Up To 12TB Capacity, eSATA/FireWire 800&400/USB 3 ‘Quad’ Interfaces, Hardware RAID

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing today announced new OWC Mercury Rack Pro “Quad Interface” 4-Bay 1U solutions with FireWire® 800, FireWire 400, USB 3 ‘SuperSpeed’, and eSATA interface ports; selectable Hardware RAID 0/1/3/5/10/Span and non-RAID Independent Drive modes, and storage/backup capacity up to 12.0TB.

15 Mac and PC Compatible Solutions Up To 12.0TB

The Mercury Rack Pro is immediately available in 15 pre-configured solutions, from 2.0TB to 12.0TB, priced starting at $549.99 MSRP. The Mercury Rack Pro is compatible with Apple® OS X 10.2 and higher and Windows Windows XP and later operating systems and comes complete with all interface connecting cables, a $100 retail value disk utility software bundle, and up to a 5 year solution warranty. Article Continues…

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Fight the Cold with these Hot new prices on the Qx2!

Friday, February 18th, 2011 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Wow! It’s been over a month since our last Price Drop posting, but we’ve got a doozy for you; this time around we’re dropping prices on our highly-acclaimed OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 storage solutions.

The OWC Mercury Elite-AL 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.

Other key features include:

  • Solutions Pre-configured & Pre-Tested in RAID-5 Mode (Striped with Data Protection/Redundancy)
  • Multi-Hour Burn-in/Testing performed on all Qx2 drive arrays prior to shipping
  • User Selectable Hardware RAID 0/1/5/10 & Non-RAID modes
  • Sustained Data Rates of up to/over 240MB per Second
  • RAID Mode, Status, and Access Indicator LEDs
  • Drive Status Alarm in case of drive failure
  • Four(4) removable 3.5” SATA II drive bays
  • Locking Front Cover
  • Ideal for Audio/Video including HD Video, Backup (including Time Machine), Music, Photography, & More!
  • Fully Mac, Windows, and Linux Compatible
  • Cables for all supported interfaces included
  • Prosoft Data Backup 3(OS X), NovaStor NovaBackup(Windows), Carbon Copy  Cloner(OS X, Intech HD Speedtools Utility Suite(Mac OS 8.6 to 10.6.x) included
  • Industry Leading 3 Year Solution Warranty

Yeah, it’s a great unit – even Mac|Life said so in their recent review of the Qx2. But now we’ve made it even better with these great new prices. Article Continues…

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First Price Drop of the Year – Elite-AL Pro “Quad”

Friday, January 14th, 2011 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Wow! With all the holiday specials and new products that we’ve had over the last month or so, we at OWC have been falling behind on our Price Drops. Well, the waiting is over; we’ve got the first Drop of the year for you, and it’s on none other than the award-winning OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad” Interface storage solutions.

Like all of our storage solutions, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400/USB2/eSATA “Quad Interface” 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
  • 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
  • USB2, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, & eSATA cables ALL 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

Of course, you probably knew that already. What’s new about them are these, are these lower prices: Article Continues…

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