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500GB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad Interface' 7200RPM 16MB Cache Solution with eSATA/FW800/FW400/USB2. Intech HD Speedtools, Prosoft Data Backup, and connecting cables for eSATA/FW800/FW400/USB2 Included. 3 year OWC Warranty. (OWCMEAQ7500GB16) $10.00 Instant Rebate available from OWC with purchases made between 01/21/2010 and 08/31/2010 when you purchase 1 or more qualifying items, limit 1. Must purchase with: MXPCIE6GS2 ---- Additional Offer also available: ---- Special Offer: Buy Prosoft Drive Genius v3 for only $39 with this qualifying storage item, That's 60% Off Retail! Offer will be shown in basket once this item is added.	Same Day	$127.99

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro

500GB Quad Interface Storage Solution

Mac / PC / eSATA / FireWire 800 / FireWire 400 / USB 2.0 & 1.1

High Performance, High Reliability, and High Portability are standard for the OWC
Mercury Elite Pro series!

Outstanding Features

High Performance

Our high-speed Oxford 924 bridge chipset combined with the fastest SATA drive mechanisms available allow Mercury Elite-AL Pro Solutions to deliver the fastest single drive transfer rates possible, up to 300 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-AL Pro Series going places! In addition, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro offers (1) eSATA, (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! Even the cables are included!

Style

Designed to compliment any user's system, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro was created in mind with the Mac Pro 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.

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Time Machine Ready

Keep an up-to-date copy of all of your files and documents via Time Machine with OWC drives.

From day one, the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Series has been designed to be everything you would hope for and more!

Includes

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" Hard Drive
36" High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable (eSATA - eSATA)
36" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
36" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 400 connecting cable (6-6 Pin cable)
36" High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable
External AutoSwitching 100/240v 50/60Hz Power Adapter
Vertical Stand
Owner's Manual
Backup and Utility software CD

Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)
Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows 2000 or later
Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Over 1.5GB of Freeware/Shareware/Public domain software installed

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Product Specifications:

Chipset

Oxford Semiconductor 924 (OXUF924DS)

Standard Mechanism

500GB Hitachi Deskstar™ 7K1000.C*

*OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.

Drive Interface

SATA (Serial ATA)

Drive Cache Size

16 Megabyte (16,384k)

Drive Rotation Speed

7200RPM

Port Configuration

eSATA - 1 port
FireWire 800 - (2) 9 pin ports
FireWire 400 - (1) 6 pin port
USB 2.0/1.1 - (1) 5 pin port

Max Data Transfer Rate

eSATA - 3.0 Gbit/s (or 300 MB/sec)
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?
Boot via eSATA: Supported (Requires bootable eSATA host controller.)
Boot via FireWire 400: Yes
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Boot via FireWire 800: Yes
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Boot via USB2: Yes
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Format

Pre-formatted for Mac OSX
View instructions on Windows formatting

Macintosh System Requirements

Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port.
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later and an available USB2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows System Requirements

Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire 800/400, or eSATA port.

ProTools Compatible

Yes.

Recommended eSATA Cards

Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro
PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops

Other World Computing 2 port PCI-e SATA 3G Host Adapter $44.99

NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 Card $49.99

NewerTech MAXPower 6G eSATA RAID card w/ port multiplier. $79.99

Power Supply

3A 100-240v 50/60hz US/International Auto Switching - For replacement power supply click here.

External Case Dimensions

1.5 in (W) x 9 in (D) x 5.5 in (H)
38.1mm x 228.6mm x 139.7mm

Total Shipping Weight

Approximately 2.7 pounds (1.2kg)

Software Included

Intech® Hard Disk SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 – X only)
ProSoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows 2000 or later
Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Over 1.5GB of Freeware, Shareware, Public domain software installed

Operating Environment:

Temperature

(operating) 5°C – 55°C (41°F – 131°F)
(non-operating) –40°C – 65°C (–40°F – 149°F)

Relative Humidity

(operating) 8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

65G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS

Vibration

(operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
(non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)

MTBF (hours)

1,200,000

Load/Unload Cycles

300,000

Warranty

OWC 3 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 3 Year Solution warranty

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.

Software

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!

CCC 3 features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure very intuitive. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry!

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 or later. A $49.95 Value!

Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™

Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which administers 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, Intech SpeedTools is powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create.
An $89.95 Value!