OWC Slim

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OWC Slim

External Optical 8X DVD/CD Burner

Mfr P/N: MRSSDSDT8X OWC SKU: OWCMRSSDSDT8X

OWC Slim
OWC Slim
OWC Slim
  • OWC Slim
  • OWC Slim
  • OWC Slim

Add a high performance USB optical drive to any computer.

  • Quiet with smooth tray-loading operation
  • Supports CDs at up to 24x speed and 700MB
  • Supports DVDs at up to 8x speed and 8.5GB dual layer
  • Supports the revolutionary M-DISC format
  • 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
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Good Looks and Great Flexibility.

The OWC Slim is the good-looking, great value CD/DVD drive that's indispensible in your gear bag. A fast USB 2.0 interface and a lightweight design provides portable convenience and flexibility for use with both Macs and PCs. Just plug in the included USB cable and the OWC Slim is ready to go -- perfect for school, home, work, and play.

Compact and Versatile, Everywhere.

The OWC Slim offers stylish mobile disk read/write ability with a sleek, totally bus-powered design. It's small enough to slip into a laptop bag so you'll always have an optical drive on hand, whatever your needs.
Supports CDs at up to 24x speed and 700MB, and DVDs at up to 8x speed and 8.5GB dual layer.

M-DISC - The Perfect Long-Term Archive Solution

The OWC Slim optical drive supports the revolutionary M-DISC format, making it the ideal solution for reliable long-term backup and archiving. Compared to other recordable storage media like DVDs and Tape, M-DISC offers superior reliability and protection against data loss that will last a thousand years (or more)!
M-DISCs use a proprietary layer made from inorganic, rock-like material for permanent data storage, protected from data rot and extremes of light, humidity and temperature change. Once written, the M-DISC can be read or played on any quality DVD drive that supports the common DVD+R/RW format. Shop our selection of M-DISC Optical Media.

IncludesIncludes

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  • (1) OWC Slim External Optical Drive
  • (1) High Quality Double Shielded 'Y' type Dual USB 2.0/1.1 (Dual 'A' to 5 pin 'mini-B' type) cable
  • (1) User Guide
  • 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty

Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.

SpecsSpecs

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    Drive Interface

    • SATA 3.0Gb/s

    Device Ports

    • (1) USB 2.0 Port

    Chipset

    • Sunplus

    Host Port Requirements

    • Available USB 2.0/1.1 port

    Mac OS Compatibility

    • Mac OS 8.6
    • Mac OS 9.0
    • Mac OS 9.1
    • Mac OS 9.2
    • Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
    • Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
    • Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
    • Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
    • Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
    • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
    • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
    • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
    • Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
    • OS X 10.9 Mavericks
    • OS X 10.10 Yosemite
    • OS X 10.11 El Capitan
    • macOS 10.12 Sierra

    PC OS Compatibility

    • Windows 98 SE
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows ME
    • Windows XP
    • Windows XP 64-bit Edition
    • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
    • Windows Vista
    • Windows 7 32-bit Edition
    • Windows 7 64-bit Edition
    • Windows 8 32-bit Edition
    • Windows 8 64-bit Edition
    • Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
    • Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
    • Windows 10 32-bit Edition
    • Windows 10 64-bit Edition
    • Windows 11

    External Power Adapter

    • Yes

    Power Supply

    AC Input

    • 100-240V, 50-60Hz

    DC Output

    • +5V, 2A

    Replacement Adapter Part Number

    Housing Material

    • Plastic

    Dimensions

    • Height: 1.5 cm (0.6 in)
    • Length: 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
    • Width: 14.9 cm (5.9 in)

    Weight

    • 282.0 g (0.62 lbs)

    reviewsCustomer Reviews

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    4.35 out of 5

    86 out of 96 (89%) reviewers would recommend this product

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    Terrible, unreliable drive

    Drive doesn't work half the time, have to keep unplugging and plugging it in and its finally given out and just does work.

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    EnergeticSnail-14382, 
    May, 31 2022 
    review of: OWC Slim 6X Super-Multi Blu-ray/DVD/CD Burner/Reader External Optical Drive with M-DISC Support
    • Reviewer:EnergeticSnail-14382
    Response from OWC, Support

    Regrettably as while we are sorry to hear this, our records indicate that no inquiry was made from the time of purchase regarding issues with this device at all, and with this being out of the warranty period and with no issues reported, unfortunately there isn't anything we can do. Anytime you have any issues, we have a team of experts ready and happy to help, and we would highly encourage you to reach out.

    Product is great, but…

    I needed it since my new laptop and latest desktop don’t have dvd players. Works great on macs. Wasn’t working on my Windows laptop, then I reversed the 2 usb plugs and it worked fine. It was backordered and took several months to receive. I was asked to resend the paypal payment more than once, and it looks like I was charged twice. Support referred me back to paypal, they are looking at it now…

    I would recommend this product to a friend!

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    Eugene8, 
    Oct, 31 2021 
    • Reviewer:Eugene8
    This is the worst product I've ever bought from OWC

    So it works, sort of. It's hard to get the disks on the platter for one reason because it is difficult to OPEN the tray. Then closing it is an adventure as well. Oh and it either will or won't eject the disk when using it. And, it takes up 2 USB ports. Spend more maybe you'll get more...It reads and I've not tried writing to it yet.

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    dshipley-98773, 
    Jun, 28 2021 
    • Reviewer:dshipley-98773
    Response from OWC, Support

    I'm sorry to hear about the problems you are having with the optical drive. I'll be checking with you by email to see if we may be able to help with how it is performing.

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