320GB Mercury Elite Pro 7200RPM FireWire 800+USB 2.0/1.1 Oxford 912 Storage Solution with *Jumbo 16MB Data Buffer*. FW400, FW800, & USB Cables; Prosoft Data Backup 3 (Mac), NovaStor NovaBACKUP (PC) and Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools Included. 2yr Warranty. (OWCME8FW7320GBJ)
OWC Mercury Elite Pro FW800 Combo Storage Solutions
High Performance, High Reliability, and High Portability are standard
for the OWC Mercury Elite Pro FW800 Series!
Outstanding Features:
High Performance: Our High-Speed Oxford Bridge Solution combined with the fastest drive mechanisms available give Mercury Elite 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 Series is Built to Last. The included Two Year Warranty backs this up!
High Portability: The Compact and Shock Resistant Design has the Mercury Elite Series going places! In addition, only Mercury Elite offers (2) FireWire 800(1394B), (1) FireWire 400(1394A), and (1) USB 2.0+1.1 ports for Easy Plug and Play on virtually ANY system with a FireWire or USB Port! Even the cables are included!
From day one, the OWC Mercury Elite Series has been designed to be
everything you'd hope for and more!
Independent Reviews of the OWC Mercury Elite hard drives
“High Capacity, High Performance” MacWorld Magazine
“Excellent Performance and Versatile Connectivity” Mac Design Online
“You Couldn’t Ask for a Better Drive” MacSofa
“A Dramatic Bargain” Chicago Tribune
“Works Perfectly” MyMac.com
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!
Carry and protect your Mercury Elite drive in style with an OWC carrying case!
Its the perfect choice to tote your OWC Mercury Elite around in!
Black Cordura Nylon for the ultimate in durability
Side pouch for your power supply / FireWire/USB Cables!
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. Mac OS X 10.2.x or later required for FW800 Operation.
Windows ME and Later. Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation.
If you own an OWC Mercury Elite FireWire 800 drive solution, click here for a very important note about updating your hard drive if you purchased before October 30, 2003.
Product Specifications:
Chipset
Oxford 912 FireWire / Prolific
PL-2507 USB
Interfaces Supported:
FireWire 800(1394B)/FireWire 400 (1394a) and USB 2.0/USB 1.1
Data Buffer:
16 Megabyte (16384k)
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.
Two Year Repair/Replacement Warranty- In addition to OWC's Warranty, the hard drive mechanism inside this solution has an additional 3 year warranty direct with the manufacturer.
Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion OWC's 2 years Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.
Standard mechanism:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Performance Benchmarks
Tested using a Dual 1.25GHz Power Mac G4 (FW800) running Mac OS X 10.4.9
Click benchmark images
for larger view
Rear View:
This OWC Mercury Elite Combo FireWire / USB 2.0 drive includes:
320GB External OWC Mercury Elite Pro FW800 Hard Drive
Outstanding Features:
