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1.0TB OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad Interface' 7200RPM 32MB Cache Solution with eSATA/FW800/FW400/USB2. Intech HD Speedtools, Prosoft Data Backup, and all connecting cables included. 3 year OWC Solution Warranty. (OWCMEAQ7H1TB32M) The purchase of this item qualifies you for special savings on Prosoft Drive Genius v2, up to $74 off Retail! - Offer will display on basket page once item is added.	Same Day	$209.99

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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad Interface'
FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 + eSATA
Storage Solutions

High Performance, High Reliability, High Portability, and Style are standard
for the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Series!

Outstanding Features:

High Performance: The next-gen High-Speed Oxford 924 chipset combined with the fastest drive mechanisms available give Mercury Elite-AL Pro Solutions the fastest single drive transfer rates possible, exceeding an amazing 80 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 series offers (1) eSATA, (2) FireWire 800(1394B), (1) FireWire 400(1394A) port and (1) USB 2.0+1.1 Port 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 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-AL Pro Series has been designed to be everything you'd hope for and more!

Loyd Case of
ExtremeTech.com

Scott Vanderford of Club Overclockers

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.

Software Included

	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'tneed to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you. A $59.00 Value!

Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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 and 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!

Carry and protect your Mercury Elite drive in style with an OWC carrying case!

It's 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!

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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 or eSATA Operation. eSATA PCI Card required with some systems.		Windows ME and Later. Windows 2000 or later required for FW800 Operation. eSATA PCI Card required with some systems.

Product Specifications:
Chipset:	Oxford Semiconductor 924 (OXUF924DS)
Interfaces Supported:	eSATA FireWire 800 (1394B) FireWire 400 (1394a) USB 2.0 USB 1.1
Drive Rotation Speed:	7200 RPM
Data Buffer:	32 Megabyte (32,768k)
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
Maximum Data Transfer Rate:	eSATA - 1.5 Gbit/s (or 150 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)
Macintosh System Requirements:	eSATA: Macintosh with eSATA PCI Interface card. eSATA requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later. 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 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0 card. USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 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:	eSATA: Windows system with eSATA PCI Interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card. eSATA requires Windows 2000 or XP. 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.
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
Power Supply:	3A 100-240v 50/60hz US/International Auto Switching
External Case Dimensions:	8.9" x 1.4" x 4.6" (227mm x 36mm x 117mm) (LxWxH)
Drive Weight (no accessories):	Approximately 3.0 pounds (1.36kg)
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:	(operating) 65G 2mS; (non-operating) 175G 2mS
Vibration:	(operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz) (non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz)
MTBF:	More than 500,000 power-on hours
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. For more information about the OWC 3 Year Solution warranty, click here. 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 mechanism:	Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000

Performance Benchmarks
Tested using a Dual 1.25GHz Power Mac G4 (FW800) running Mac OS X 10.5.6

eSATA (Using Habey eSATA PCI Card)	FireWire 800 (1394B)	Click benchmark images for larger view
FireWire 400 (1394A)	USB 2.0 (Using Sonnet Allegro USB 2.0 PCI Card)

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The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad Interface' includes:
External OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" Drive 36" High Quality Double Shielded eSATA connecting cable 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 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 Over 1.5GB of Freeware/Shareware/Public domain software installed

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