{"id":1620,"date":"2009-07-27T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:40:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:40:55","slug":"our-products-may-be-boring-but-the-ways-you-can-use-them-arent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/1620-our-products-may-be-boring-but-the-ways-you-can-use-them-arent\/","title":{"rendered":"Our products may be \u201cboring,\u201d but the ways you can use them aren\u2019t."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1621 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/yawn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"386\" \/>In the phrase \u201cMay you live in interesting times\u201d &#8211; often referred to (inaccurately) as \u201cthe Chinese curse\u201d- \u201cinterest\u201d is used as a euphemism for \u201ctrouble\u201d or \u201cunpleasantness.\u201d If that is the case, then \u201cdull,\u201d \u201cuneventful\u201d and even \u201cboring\u201d could be used as \u201ctrouble-free\u201d or \u201ceasy\u201d in much the same manner.<\/p>\n<p>Blog reader and OWC customer <strong>Larry Rymal <\/strong>did just that when he spoke of adding an OWC Storage Solution to his current system:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOther than the added storage space, it was a very \u2018boring\u2019 uneventful upgrade.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a great statement on the ease of use our products offer. No complex instructions, special drivers or extra equipment is needed to use one of our Storage Solutions. Everything you need to use it comes in the box, and its generally just a matter of minutes between opening the package and having your Storage Solution up and running.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it\u2019s about as \u201cdull\u201d as you can get.<\/p>\n<p>The irony of this phrasing, though, is that the actual <em>usage <\/em>of our drives is actually pretty interesting &#8211; and not in the euphemistic sense. I never mentioned <em>what <\/em>system Mr. Rymal hooked his OWC Storage Solution up to. No, it wasn\u2019t a Mac. It wasn\u2019t Windows or Linux box, either (though our Solutions would work with any of them).<\/p>\n<p>He hooked it up to his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directv.com\/DTVAPP\/global\/article.jsp?assetId=P5980155\" target=\"_blank\">DirecTV HD-DVR<\/a>. Now, instead of the already-respectable 500GB worth of storage, he\u2019s got 1.5TB, giving him about <em>300 hours <\/em>worth of program recording.<\/p>\n<p>The neat thing is, this isn\u2019t the only instance of our Storage Solutions being used in non-traditional ways. Our products are designed to be as easy-to-use and widely-compatible as possible, which means they can be used with a <em>lot<\/em> of different setups. For example, I use an older Elite to store movies for playback via my DVD player, which has a built-in USB port. A few months ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/owc-duane\" target=\"_blank\">OWC Duane<\/a> put up a great how-to showing <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Reviews\/Framework.cfm?page=\/Tips\/gaming\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">how to use our Storage Solutions with your next-generation gaming platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using one of our Storage Solutions with something other than a basic desktop or laptop computer, I\u2019d love to hear about it. Just leave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the phrase \u201cMay you live in interesting times\u201d &#8211; often referred to (inaccurately) as \u201cthe Chinese curse\u201d- \u201cinterest\u201d is used as a euphemism for \u201ctrouble\u201d or \u201cunpleasantness.\u201d If that is the case, then \u201cdull,\u201d \u201cuneventful\u201d and even \u201cboring\u201d could be used as \u201ctrouble-free\u201d or \u201ceasy\u201d in much the same manner. 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