{"id":8493,"date":"2011-01-05T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=8493"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:35:07","slug":"owc-introduces-mercury-aura-pro-1-8-as-first-and-fastest-sandforce-based-sata-solid-state-drive-available-for-netbooks-and-subnotebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8493-owc-introduces-mercury-aura-pro-1-8-as-first-and-fastest-sandforce-based-sata-solid-state-drive-available-for-netbooks-and-subnotebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Introduces Mercury Aura Pro 1.8\u2033 As First And Fastest SandForce Based SATA Solid State Drive Available For Netbooks And Subnotebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8494\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura-167x120.jpg 167w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura-284x204.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura-190x137.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_1.8Aura-167x120@2x.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Other World Computing\u00a0announced today its new <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/Aura_Pro_1.8\">Mercury Aura<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/Aura_Pro_1.8\">\u2122<\/a><\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/Aura_Pro_1.8\"> Pro 1.8&#8243; Solid State Drive (SSD) line<\/a> as <strong>the first and fastest SandForce<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><strong> processor based SSD available for netbooks, subnotebook, and other computers that utilize an internal 1.8&#8243; sized SATA drive<\/strong>. This announcement establishes OWC as the most comprehensive U.S. manufacturer of industry leading SandForce processor based SSDs available today with OWC Mercury Pro brand SSD models available <strong>for nearly every Mac and PC produced over the past decade<\/strong>. OWC will be demonstrating the new Mercury Aura Pro 1.8&#8243; and other first-to-market OWC Mercury Pro SSDs in <strong>booth #3935, LVCC North Hall, at the <\/strong><strong>Consumer Electronics Show (CES)<\/strong>, which begins tomorrow in Las Vegas, Nevada.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fastest 1.8&#8243; Drive Available Plus Up To 16X Higher Capacity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With <strong>peak data rates of 275MB\/s<\/strong>, the OWC Mercury Aura Pro 1.8&#8243; offers netbook, subnotebook, and users of other computers that utilize an internal 1.8&#8243; sized SATA drive the fastest internal drive performance available today. 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