OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 2.5" Portable SATA Storage Solutions:
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 Portable Kit packs an incredible punch into a 3"Wx5.5"Lx1"H 11 ounce package!
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 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.
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive uses the latest Oxford chipset, the 924, 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.
FireWire/1394 makes it easy, OWC Mercury makes it faster! With transfer rates of up to 800mbs, plug and play connection, and professional level FireWire software, you will not go wrong with an OWC Mercury FireWire Drive. Don't have a FireWire Port? OWC makes it EASY to add FireWire to your PCI PowerMac or PowerBook G3! Click here for solutions on how to add FireWire to your system!
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
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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,
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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!
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.
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 all models with USB 2.0 port factory stock, or any system via add-on USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 PCI Card.
Power adapter is not required for most hard drives and USB 2.0 operation; power adapter is available as a separate purchase here.
Mechanism and case, 1 year-In addition to OWC's Warranty, the hard drive mechanism inside this solution has an additional 2 years warranty direct with the manufacturer.
Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution prior to the conclusion OWC's 1 year Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the OWC warranty.
Standard Mechanism:
Hitachi Travelstar 7K200
Rear View:
Accessory Kit Contents:
Bottom Heatsink View:
Performance Benchmarks
Tested using a Dual 1.25GHz Power Mac G4 (FW800) running Mac OS X 10.4.10
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for larger image.
This OWC Mercury On-The-Go Solution includes:
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 SATA storage solution
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 Portable Kit packs an incredible punch into a 3"Wx5.5"Lx1"H 11 ounce package!
