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More Reviewer Love For OWC

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S.

No matter where you go, people seem to love our products. A quick perusal of the product reviews on our “Press” page will return a bevy of rave reviews and glowing accolades. I think it’s safe to say, we put out a pretty good product. Now, we can add three more great reviews to our ever-growing list.

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD

Since we introduced it in January, the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSDs have simply raked in the praise by not only offering top-notch performance increases, but doing so at a reasonable price.

Real World Labs added to the list today when, in their 11-Way SSD Roundup, they gave the Mercury Extreme SSD their Editor’s Choice award for its overall superior performance. By doing so, they follow in the footsteps of just about every reviewer who has tried the Extreme, such as StorageReview.com, The SSD Review and PureOverclock, just to name a few.

OWC Multi-Mount

In case you haven’t heard about the OWC Multi-Mount, it’s another one of our new products. It allows you to mount a smaller drive in a larger bay, such as mounting the 2.5” Mercury Extreme mentioned above in a 3.5” or 5.25” drive bay.

PureOverclock recently got their hands on one of these mounts, and gave it a “Good Hardware” rating. Be sure to keep an eye out for more reviews on this little guy, as it fills a need that very few other products do.

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One “Bitchin’” Price Drop

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | Author: OWC Chris S.

elite-alFor those of you who have been putting off the purchase of a new OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad-Interface” Storage Solution, your procrastination has paid off. We’ve dropped the prices even lower - they’re now more affordable than ever.

While I could go on about the features of the drive, I’ve already done that in other posts, and I really hate to repeat myself.

So, instead, I’d like to share a couple of my favorite quotes from recent reviews of the Mercury Elite-AL Pro series.

The first one came from About.com earlier this week. This article caused me a little bit of confusion; while all the specs were modern, the physical description (and the pictures) were of the older case design, which we retired last December. Performance didn’t change, though, and that’s something important to note. Since little about the bridge board itself has changed, data throughput will have remained just as good.

However, the main reason I’m including it  is that it had a great opening paragraph, which kind of sums up why I, myself, happen to like this series of drives.

OWC’s Mercury Elite-AL Pro series of external hard drives and cases provides more bang for the buck, not only in having a quad interface made up of USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and eSATA ports, but also in ruggedness and ease of assembly and use.

Pretty spot-on, I’d say.

The other quote I have is from MacTalk. Whereas the About.com review needed an entire, eloquent paragraph to distill its essence, MacTalk’s review was best summed up in a single sentence:

The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Quad Interface external drive enclosure is one bitchin’ fast enclosure.

Oh yeah…. that’s what I like to hear.

I could probably go on all day about the rave reviews the Mercury Elite-AL series has gotten, but I get the feeling you may be more interested in the actual prices…

The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad Interface” has always been a great value. Now, with this latest round of price drops, the value is even better.

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The Voyager Q – Still on Top.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | Author: OWC Chris S.

Six months after winning Macitynet.it’s “Best of Expo” at the 2009 Macworld Expo, the Newer Technology Voyager Q continues racking up the accolades, garnering high marks from Macworld UK, Electronista, T4 Show, and MacFormat, among others.

The latest in the Voyager Q love-fest comes from TestFreaks. Despite them coming from a decidedly PC focus, the Voyager Q’s qualities still shone through, firmly beating out their “control” drive dock in both speed and available features.

In fact, their only major quibble with the Voyager Q was the “high price” of the unit, comparing it to units with only SATA and USB connectivity because the reviewer “doesn’t use FireWire at all.” That’s kind of like saying a new HD Television set is too expensive because you only use it to watch old episodes of Barney Miller on VHS.

It should be noted that a chipset supporting eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 runs about $45-50 more than one that just supports eSATA and USB 2.0. This difference can be seen not only with the Voyager, but with just about any pair of identical enclosures/interfaces with the only difference being an eSATA/USB or a “Quad” interface.

Ironically enough, the Voyager S2 is also available. This model is just like the Voyager Q, except it just has eSATA and USB 2.0 support, but is also about $45 less than the Q. Those features that would have made it perfect for this review.

Whichever model you look at, though, the Voyager docks are high-quality units. Unfortunately, “price” and “value” mean the same thing in people’s minds all too often. The Voyager Q may not be the least expensive drive dock out there, but few (if any) of those other docks come with the “extras” that the Voyager comes with. Things like having all the connector cables included, knowing there’s a solid warranty in case something goes wrong, and unparalleled support also come into play. In other words, you get what you pay for.

That’s why the Voyager is still on top.

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