OWC Mercury Elite USB 2.0/1.1 Combo Storage Solutions
Outstanding Features:
High Performance: Our custom ALi USB 2.0/1.1 Bridge Solution combined with the fastest drive mechanisms available give Mercury Elite Solutions class leading drive transfer rates.
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, the Mercury Elite offers the convenience of having the backwards compatible USB 2.0/1.1 ports for Easy Plug and Play on virtually ANY system with a 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!
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
ALi USB 2.0/1.1
Interfaces Supported:
High Speed USB 2.0, backwards compatible with USB 1.1
Data Buffer:
16 Megabyte (16,384k)
Drive Rotation Speed:
7200RPM
Port Configuration:
USB 2.0/1.1 - (1) 5 pin type "B" port
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate:
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?
Outstanding Features:
