160GB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 7200RPM FireWire 800/400+USB2 'Triple' Combo Solution with 8MB Data Buffer and featuring Oxford 912 Chipset. All Interface Cables, Prosoft Data Backup, Intech HD SpeedTools, and 3 Year OWC Solution Warranty Included. (OWCMAU8F7160GB8)
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400+USB2 Combo Storage Solution
High Performance, High Reliability, High Portability, and Style are standard
for the OWC Mercury Elite -AL Pro Series!
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Outstanding Features:
High Performance: The High-Speed Oxford 912 FW 800 and Prolific 2507 USB 2.0 chipsets combined with the fastest drive mechanisms available give Mercury Elite -AL Pro Solutions some of the fastest single drive transfer rates possible, even exceeding 60 Megabytes Per Second!
High Reliability: A Top-Notch Design and the Best Components ensure the Mercury Elite -AL Pro Series is Built to Last. The included Three Year Warranty backs this up!
High Portability: The Compact and Shock Resistant Design has the Mercury Elite Series going places! In addition, the Mercury Elite -AL series offers (2) FireWire 800(1394B), one FireWire 400(1394A port and (1) USB 2.0+1.1 Port for Easy Plug and Play on virtually ANY system with a FireWire Port! Even the cables are included!
Style: Designed to compliment any user's system, the Mercury Elite -AL was created in mind with the Power Macintosh G5 system as a starting point. As the pictures show, it's a fine storage solution for any computer. Also, a blue activity LED compliments the design recessed behind the front grille showing when your drive is being accessed.
From day one, the OWC Mercury Elite Series has been designed to be
everything you'd hope for and more!
Time Machine ready means that our external hard drives keep an up-to-date
copy of all of your files and document under OS X Leopard™. Go back in time to
recover anything with ease.
Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup 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, FREE! NovaStor NovaBACKUP® Solution for Windows® NovaBACKUP has been helping millions of users recover from data loss and disasters for over 18 years. Feature rich, NovaBACKUP provides a powerful backup solution. Built-in support for hundreds of the most popular storage devices and a step-by-step backup and restore wizard makes NovaBACKUP extremely easy to use. Requires Windows 2000 and later. A $49.95 Value, FREE!
Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which controls the launching, documentation and version control of each individual component utility, such as Disk Defrag and QuickBack. An easy-to-use installation and removal application is provided to make installation a snap, yet powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create. An $89.95 Value, FREE!
All OWC Mercury FireWire hard drives are fully compatible with these systems
Apple OS X 10.1.x and later - including the latest 10.5.x Leopard, Apple Mac OS 8.6 and Later.
Windows ME and Later.
Mac OS X 10.2.x or later required for FW800 Operation.
Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
Product Specifications:
Chipset:
FireWire: Custom Oxford 912 FW800(1394A) and FW800 (1394B)
USB: Prolific PL-2507 USB2.0/1.1
Interfaces Supported:
FireWire 800 (1394B)
FireWire 400 (1394a)
USB 2.0
USB 1.1
Drive Rotation Speed:
7200 RPM
Data Buffer:
8 Megabyte (8192k)
Port Configuration:
FireWire 800 - (2) 9 pin ports
FireWire 400 - (1) 6 pin port
USB 2.0/1.1 - (1) 5 pin port
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:
FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
USB 1.1 - 12Mbps (or 1.5MB/sec)
Port/Interface Bootability
Can I use this solution as external startup drive?
FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card. FireWire 800 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
FireWire 400: Macintosh with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card. FireWire 400 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later.
USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 3rd party PCI FireWire interface card running Mac OS 10.1 or later. USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
USB 1.1: Macintosh with USB 1.1 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 1.1 card. USB 1.1 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later.
Windows System
Requirements:
FireWire 800: Windows system with FireWire 800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 800 card. FireWire 800 requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP.
FireWire 400: Windows system with FireWire 400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire 400 card. FireWire 400 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.
USB 2.0: Windows system with USB 2.0 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card. USB 2.0 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.
USB 1.1: Windows system with USB 1.1 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 1.1 card. USB 1.1 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.
Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion of OWC's 3 year Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.
Standard mechanisms:
Western Digital Caviar SE
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This OWC Mercury Elite -AL Pro drive includes:
160GB External OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400+USB2 Drive
