It may have been a while since our last Price Drop announcement, but we haven’t forgotten about you. Far from it. We’ve just been waiting to spring (no pun intended) a double-drop on you to make up for the delay. Well, the wait is over; we’ve got price drops on both the Firewire/USB and “Quad” Interface versions of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro storage solution.
Like all of our storage solutions, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro series offers incredible performance along with great versatility. Key features include:
- Oxford 924 based performance bridge solution
- Two 1394B 9 pin FW800 ports, One 1394A 6 pin FW400 port, One USB 2.0 port, One eSATA port (“Quad” Interface Model Only)
- Two 1394A Pin 6 Pin FW400 Ports, One USB 2.0 Port (FW/USB version only)
- Large data buffer up to 32MB
- Fully bootable, ideal for applications, A/V, Photos, Music, etc.
- Certified for Audio/Video and Time Machine
- Attractive & compact shock resistant Aluminum design
- Connection cables for all interfaces included.
- Prosoft DataBackup III (OS X), NovaStor NovaBackup (Windows), Carbon Copy Cloner (OS X), and Intech Speed Tools (8.6-10.6.x) included
- Fully Mac & PC compatible
- Industry leading comprehensive 3 year solution warranty
Sure, that’s a lot of great features, but we all know that’s not what you’re really reading for. You want to know about the new prices. I suppose that’s only fair – we’ve made you wait long enough…
“Quad” Interface Models
- 250GB 7200RPM with 8MB Data Buffer — $114.99
- 500GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer — $124.99
- 1.0TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer — NOW $147.99
- 1.5TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer — $179.99
- 2.0TB 5900RPM with 64MB Data Buffer — NOW $199.99 (a $10 drop)
- 2.0TB 7200RPM with 64MB Data Buffer — NOW $229.99 (a $10 drop)
- 3.0TB 7200RPM with 64MB Data Buffer **NEW!** — $309.99
FW/USB Models
- 250GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer — $87.99
- 500GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer — $94.99
- 1.0TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer — NOW $112.99
- 1.5TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer — NOW $139.99 (a $10 drop)
- 2.0TB 5900RPM with 64MB Data Buffer — NOW $169.99 (a $10 drop)
- 2.0TB 7200RPM with 64MB Data Buffer — NOW $199.99 (a $10 drop)
- 3.0TB 7200RPM with 64MB Data Buffer **NEW!** — $279.99
Prosoft Drive Genius 3 Bundle Offer
Purchasing Prosoft Drive Genius 3 along with an OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro (or any OWC or NewerTech external storage solution) can save you $60 off the retail price of the program. Check our Web site for more details.
If you could make a thunderbolt bus powered 4TB SSD RAID for under $400 that’d be cool too… I bet it’d sell like crazy! …and don’t tell me you’d be happy to build it in 5 years :/
Seriously though I am looking forward to a ThunderBolt to eSATA port replicator to make all these triple and quad interface RAIDS scream along… but first a SATA III SSD please…
@Roger: Yes, it would be nice to know an estimate due date. It would make the waiting much easier ><
Can’t complain about price drops, but it’d be nice to see the prices drop on the RAID’s too… Been looking at a second MyBook Studio II vs Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual Bay and the price differences are pretty extreme… I was hoping the 1+ month backorder on them meant they were getting replaced with tunderbolt models…
Also I may be in a very small minority, but I’m actually hoping the next gen RAIDs have Thunderbolt, FW 800 & eSata. FW 800 now for my mini server… Thunderbolt for next year when my mini server gets replaced… and eSata just in case thunderbolt doesn’t take off like I hope.
Price drops are always nice. :)
Now now the T word. Thunderbolt. With the port on laptops, and rumored to be on the next iMac – what are OWC’s plans for some wicked fast drives in the future?
thanks
When is OWC coming out with SF-2200 based SSDs?
How is the ThunderBolt model coming along? :-)
I may not have a ThunderBolt equipped Mac in a year or so, but I do buy “forward” on accessories. For example I was buying the OWC Firewire 400/800 enclosures long before I had a FW 800 Mac.
Of course considering how many Quad enclosures I currently have in use, I hope you are also working on a ThunderBolt hub as well as adapter cables. :-)