{"id":8523,"date":"2011-01-05T12:50:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=8523"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:50:00","slug":"owc-debuts-mercury-extreme-pro-legacy-edition-as-first-and-fastest-sandforce-based-ideata-solid-state-drive-available-for-mac-and-pc-desktoptower-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8523-owc-debuts-mercury-extreme-pro-legacy-edition-as-first-and-fastest-sandforce-based-ideata-solid-state-drive-available-for-mac-and-pc-desktoptower-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Debuts Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition for Mac, PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8525\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_2.5ELE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_2.5ELE.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_2.5ELE-239x120.jpg 239w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_2.5ELE-284x143.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SSD_2.5ELE-190x96.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Other World Computing\u00a0announced today its new <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/Mercury_Extreme_Pro\/Legacy_Edition\">Mercury Extreme<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/Mercury_Extreme_Pro\/Legacy_Edition\">\u2122<\/a><\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/Mercury_Extreme_Pro\/Legacy_Edition\"> Pro Legacy Edition Solid State Drive (SSD) line<\/a> as <strong>the first and fastest SandForce<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><strong> processor based SSD available for pre-Intel<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><strong> PowerPC<\/strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><strong> based Macs, PCs, and other desktop\/tower computers that utilize an internal IDE\/ATA 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 Legacy Pro 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 IDE\/ATA Drive Available For Legacy Desktops\/Towers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With performance up to<strong> 41X faster than today\u2019s traditional hard drives<\/strong>, the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition offers desktop, tower, and users of other computers that utilize internal IDE\/ATA drives the fastest internal drive performance available today. 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Utilizing the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition as a future upgrade in a SATA bus equipped computer and experiencing the drives true performance potential of up to 285MB\/s is a simple matter of removing the connector cable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Models Starting At $129.99 MSRP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition is available immediately in five capacities compatible with pre-Intel PowerPC based Macs, PCs, and other desktop\/tower computers that utilize an internal IDE\/ATA drive:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40GB Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition with 7% over provisioning &amp; three year warranty &#8211;<strong> $129.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>60GB Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition with 7% over provisioning &amp; three year warranty &#8211;<strong> $179.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>120GB Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition with 7% over provisioning &amp; three year warranty &#8211;<strong> $279.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>240GB Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition with 7% over provisioning &amp; three year warranty &#8211;<strong> $579.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>480GB Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition with 7% over provisioning &amp; three year warranty &#8211;<strong> $1599.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doesn\u2019t Slow Down With Use Like Ordinary SSDs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ordinary SSDs offer fast read\/write performance during first initial uses, but then experience significant write speed degradation over repeated usage. <a href=\"http:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/SSD-RealWorld.html\">Independent simulation tests<\/a> by leading drive performance experts\u00a0confirm OWC Mercury Pro brand SSD\u2019s ultra-efficient Block Management &amp; Wear Leveling technologies are able to <strong>eliminate virtually any reduction in data transfer speeds<\/strong> over heavy long term usage of the drive and without dependency on less than effective OS TRIM management.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Up To 100X Greater Data Protection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Utilizing SandForce DuraClass\u2122 technology, the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Legacy Edition is able to provide <strong>up to 100X higher data protection<\/strong> than provided by ordinary SSDs as well as leading enterprise class hard disk drives. 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