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OWC Adds Sizes, Reduces Prices for Portable Hard Drive Line

OWC Adds Sizes, Reduces Prices for Portable Hard Drive Line

by , 4:50 PM EDT, May 15th, 2008

Other World Computing (OWC) announced on Thursday additions to their On-The-Go palm-sized portable hard drives. New sizes include 100, 200, and 320 GB, and the 500 GB model has been reduced from US$359.99 to $329.99.

The line of OWC Mercury On-The-Go high-performance FireWire 400 + USB 2.0 drives are fully bus powered with no additional external power or secondary powering cable required.

OWC Mercury On-the-Go Drive

The new pricing and sizes include the following:

40GB 5400RPM $ 95.99
80GB 5400RPM $109.99
120GB 5400RPM $119.99
160GB 5400RPM $129.99
250GB 5400RPM $157.99
320GB 5400RPM $179.99 **NEW**
500GB 5400RPM $329.99 **NEW**
100GB 7200RPM $139.99 **NEW**
200GB 7200RPM $189.99 **NEW**

All Mercury On-The-Go portable drives are available immediately through OWC and other retailers. The drives ship with a carrying case, cables for all interfaces supported by Mercury On-the-Go models, Prosoft DataRescue III for OS X, and NovaStor NovaBackup for Windows.

All portable drives are covered by a one-year warranty and are compatible with Mac OS Versions 8.5 through 9.2.x; Apple OS X 10.0.3 and higher (including the latest OS 10.5.x); and Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista.

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Close Name:Guest
Fri May 16, 2008 7:56 am Subject: Does this void my warantee?

If I buy this hard drive and have an authorized person put it in my MacBook Pro, does it void my warantee?

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Close Name:Intruder - TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 3149 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Fri May 16, 2008 10:07 am Subject:

No.

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Close Name:acdc1174 Posts: 723 Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Fri May 16, 2008 9:04 pm Subject: Not so fast...

In order to put THESE drives in your laptop, it will require a Dremel tool, super glue, and/or a sledgehammer. These are EXTERNAL drives in a plastic case...way to big to slip into a notebook.

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Close Name:Intruder - TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 3149 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Sat May 17, 2008 12:53 pm Subject:

Ahh. Didn't look at the size. I was assuming (incorrectly) that guest was referring to laptop drives. Getting a new drive installed will not void the warranty.

//didn't RTFA.

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