{"id":6374,"date":"2010-07-30T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T16:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=6374"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:37:02","slug":"owc-offers-first-ever-esata-interface-for-imac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/6374-owc-offers-first-ever-esata-interface-for-imac\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC offers first ever eSATA interface for iMac!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>eSATA on the new 27&#8243; iMac is a reality!<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6397\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/imacesata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6397\" title=\"imac-esata\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/imac-esata.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/imac-esata.png 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/imac-esata-180x120.png 180w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/imac-esata-284x189.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/imac-esata-190x127.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clicky-click for a larger view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong><a title=\"OWC 2010 iMac Turnkey Upgrade Service\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/turnkey\/iMac_2010_27\"><strong>Upgrade your 2010 27&#8243; iMac with a high-performance eSATA port via OWC \u00a0today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For all &#8216;Mid-2010&#8217; Apple iMac 27&#8243; Models introduced on July 28th, 2010: 3.2GHz and 3.6GHz Core i3; 2.8GHz Quad-Core i5; and 2.93GHz Quad-Core i7.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re still ironing out the details of the service, (including incorporating <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/6364-esata-on-an-imac-maybe\">your feedback on how much you\u2019d be willing to pay for one<\/a>), there has been enough interest on such a project for other Macs over the years that we decided to dive in and publicly announce we&#8217;ve got an eSATA interface solution for the 27&#8243; Mid 2010 iMac. 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