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500GB OWC Mercury On-The-Go Oxford FireWire 800&400+USB2 5400RPM 8MB Cache Portable SATA 2.5" based Storage Solution. All interface Cables, Carrying Case, Prosoft Data Backup, Intech HD SpeedTools, and 3 Year OWC Warranty included. (OWCMS8U5500GB8) 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	$129.99

OWC On-The-Go Pro

500GB Triple Interface Storage Solution

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

The OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 Storage Solution provides maximum storage in an ultra-portable, totally bus powered design!

Stylishly engineered in a sleek, impact-resistant acrylic enclosure, the Mercury On-The-Go Pro incorporates shock-isolation technology to give maximum protection for your precious data inside. The Mercury On-The-Go Pro is a true must-have for users like you who are seeking High-Performance and Highly Reliable storage weighing less than 11 ounces and that is small enough to fit in your shirt pocket.

Outstanding Features

Compact and Versatile

If you're looking for one of the most compatible mass storage solutions made, look no further! The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive is all you'll need! Packing a one-two punch of super fast FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, the OWC Mercury On-The-Go has what it takes to truly work cross platform. The Mercury On-The-Go Pro is bus-powered, so it doesn't require an AC adapter!

Cool and Silent

The OWC Mercury On-The-Go keeps everything running silent while still keeping your drive cool with a built in aluminum heatsink underneath the hard drive, and passthrough cooling vents on the top of the case.

Fast and Reliable

The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive uses the latest Oxford chipset for both FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0. Designed to work with SATA hard drives, this chipset is the latest evolution of the best performing FireWire chipsets on the market.

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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.

Includes

OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 storage solution
18" High Quality Double Shielded FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
16" High Quality Double Shielded USB 2.0 certified connecting cable
Carrying Case
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 934 FireWire/USB chipset

Standard Mechanism

500GB Hitachi Travelstar™ 5K500.B*

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

Drive Interface

SATA (Serial ATA)

Drive Cache Size

8 Megabyte (8,1922k)

Drive Rotation Speed

5400RPM

Port Configuration

FireWire 800 - (2) 9 pin powered ports
USB 2.0/1.1 - (1) 5 pin mini B port

Max 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?
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 or FireWire 800/400 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. or FireWire 800/400 port.

Power Supply

Bus Power via FireWire 800 supported on all models equipped with an available FireWire 800 port either factory stock or via add on FireWire 800 PCI Card.
Bus Power via FireWire 400 on all models made in 2001 or later via Factory ports or any model with add on FireWire 400 PCI Card.
Bus Power via USB on most computers with USB 2.0 port factory stock.
Optional AC Adapter* (available as a separate purchase here)

External Case Dimensions

3.5" (W) x 5.5" (D) x 1" (H)
88.9mm x 139.7mm x 25.4mm

Total Shipping Weight

Less than 2.5 lbs (1.1kg) with drive, 7.0 oz. (.2kg) bare enclosure

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

70G 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

600,000

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!