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OWC Value Line Slim USB 2.0 5.25" Enclosure Kit for 12.7mm SATA Laptop Optical Drive. Powered by your laptop's USB port, so no AC adapter is necessary. 1 Year OWC Warranty. (VLSSTOPTU2) Same Day $27.99
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OWC Value Line Slim

USB 2.0 Optical Drive External Solution

Mac / PC / USB 2.0 & 1.1
  • Mac
  • PC
  • USB
Add bus powered, portable, Plug and Play CD,
DVD, and/or Blu-ray disc burning* to any
USB equipped computer.
Outstanding Features
Express your digital life with style, convenience, and value!
The OWC Value Line Slim Optical Drive Kit makes CD, DVD, and/or Blu-ray disc creation Plug and Play easy. A fast USB 2.0 interface and a lightweight design provides portable convenience and flexibility for use with both Macs and PCs. Now you can add high performance optical drive functionality with stylish value to notebook or desktop computers.
Compact and versatile - No AC Adapter Required!
The OWC Value Line Slim Optical Drive Kit offers stylish mobile disk read/write ability with a sleek, totally bus powered design. Just add your own 12.7mm Slim Tray Loading SATA Optical Drive** and take your digital life with you wherever you roam!
OWC NOTE:
This drive enclosure requires a 5.25″ SATA (Serial ATA) Slim 12.7mm tall drive mechanism. Please make sure that the drive you wish to use with this enclosure is compatible.
*disc read/write capabilities vary depending on installed drive
Includes the Powerful SpeedTools Utility Suite for Mac
The comprehensive Mac utility used by professionals for accurate Mac diagnosis and maintenance. Click the SOFTWARE tab below to learn more »

Includes

OWC Value Line™ Slim includes
  • OWC Value Line Slim External Optical Drive Enclosure
  • High Quality Double Shielded 'Y' type Dual USB 2.0/1.1 (Dual 'A' to 5 pin 'mini-B' type) cable
  • Value Line Slim Assembly Guide
  • (Optical drive not included)

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Product Specifications:

Chipset

  • Sunplus

Drive Requirements

  • Any 12.7mm SATA slim optical drive

Drive Interface

  • SATA (Serial ATA)

Port Configuration

  • USB 2.0 - (1) mini "B" port

Data Transfer Rate

  • USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)

Cooling

  • Super quiet fanless ventilation

Macintosh Requirements

  • Mac OS 8.6 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1 port.
  • USB 2.0 functionality requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x.
  • Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.

Windows Requirements

  • Windows 98SE or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1 port.
  • USB 2.0 functionality requires Windows 2000 or later.

Power Supply

  • Bus Power via USB on most computers with USB 2.0 port factory stock.
  • Optional AC Adapter* (available as a separate purchase here)
    * AC adapter not required for most applications provided computer bus supplies appropriate power needs.

External Case Dimensions

  • 5.6 in (D) x 5.7 in (W) x .95 in (H)
    (14.25 cm x 14.5 cm x 2.425 cm)

Enclosure Weight

  • 4.3 ounces (122g)

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

  • (operating) 5°C - 05°C (41°F - 122°F)
  • (non-operating) -40°C - 65°C (-40°F - 149°F)

Relative Humidity

  • (operating) 10% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
  • (non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

  • Dependant on mechanism installed

Vibration

  • Dependant on mechanism installed

Warranty

OWC 1 Year Solution Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur – OWC is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

View more information about the OWC 1 Year Solution warranty

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Software

Prosoft Macworld 4.5 mice
ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup 3 for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
Backup Made Easy. Data Backup makes it easy to backup to FireWire and USB drives, network drives, CDs and even DVDs. Make schedules so you don't need to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you.
A $59.00 Value! View detailed software info, or click here to purchase software separately from solution
NTI Dragon Burn OEM for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Dragon Burn enables Macintosh computer users to quickly and easily begin producing audio, data, mixed-mode CDs, DVDs, and BDs (Blu-ray Discs). Dragon Burn's Multi-Burning engine allows users to simultaneously write multiple CDs, DVDs, and BDs from single or multiple sorces. It also fully supports the newest internal and external drives.
View detailed software info
OWC Value Line™ Slim Mfr P/N: VLSSTOPTU2 OWC SKU: OWCVLSSTOPTU2 USB 2.0 Optical Drive
External Solution
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