OWC
500GB Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5" IDE/ATA SSD Internal Drive Kit
for IDE/ATA desktop systems.
Two Upgrades in One - IDE/ATA performance today... with 285MB/s SATA future performance capability.
- Near Instant Data Access: Complete solution for easy NO Drive Spin up...just lightning fast boots, loads, & access.
- Starts Fast/Stays Fast: NO Speed Degradation & 41X faster performance.
- More Rugged and Reliable: up to 100X more reliable than a hard drive.
The Mercury Electra™ 3G SSD line features:
- Global wear leveling algorithms automatically distribute data evenly and manage program/erase count, maximizing SSD lifespan.
- StaticDataRefresh manages free space, gradually refreshing data across the SSD over time, preventing data corruption.
- Hardware BCH ECC corrects errors up to 66-bit/1KB for superior data retention and drive life.
- S.M.A.R.T and TRIM command support.
- Standby power benefits to extend battery life for laptop road warriors.
Add a technological supercharger to your existing Mac or PC with the Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5" IDE/ATA SSD Internal Drive Kit. It's the fastest, most reliable IDE/ ATA mechanism available to breathe lightning fast performance into that trusty machine and extend its usefulness.
Boot, load apps, and access data nearly instantaneously...tedious system responsiveness is a thing of the past! Enjoy award-winning ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling technologies that virtually eliminate any speed reduction over long term use of the drive. And with no moving parts to break or fail, the Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5" IDE/ATA SSD Internal Drive Kit offers uncommon ruggedness and lifetime longevity for desktop users with up to 100X greater reliability than traditional hard drives.
Highlights
- One of the fastest Internal IDE/ATA 2.5″ SSDs available.
- Power Efficiency
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Complete Solution For Easy Install In 3.5″ Drive Bays
For easy Plug and Play install into standard 3.5″ IDE/ATA drive bays, the Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5" IDE/ATA SSD Internal Drive Kit comes complete with a mounting sled and a SATA to IDE/ATA connector cable. Utilizing the Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5" IDE/ATA SSD Internal Drive Kit 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.
High Performance Internal Storage
Replace your conventional hard drive with a reliable solid state drive. Unlike traditional hard disk drives, OWC solid state drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness.
Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003)
(June, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac3,6
1.25GHz, dual 1.25GHz
Power Mac G4 (FW 800)
(January, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac3,6
1.0GHz, dual 1.25GHz, dual 1.42GHz
Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
(August, 2002)
Model ID: PowerMac3,6
dual 867MHz, dual 1.0GHz, dual 1.25GHz
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002 ED)
(August, 2002)
Model ID: PowerMac3,5
867MHz
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002)
(January, 2002)
Model ID: PowerMac3,5
733MHz, 800MHz, 933MHz, dual 1.0GHz
iMac G4 (20-inch USB 2.0)
(November, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac6,3
1.25GHz
iMac G4 (17-inch USB 2.0)
(September, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac6,1
1.25GHz
iMac G4 (17-inch 1GHz)
(February, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac6,1
1.0GHz
iMac G4 (15-inch USB 2.0)
(September, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac6,1
1.0GHz
iMac G4 (15-inch Early 2003)
(February, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac4,2
800Mhz
iMac G4 (17-inch Flat Panel)
(July, 2002)
Model ID: PowerMac4,5
800Mhz
eMac (2005)
(May, 2005)
Model ID: PowerMac6,4
1.42GHz
eMac (USB 2.0)
(April, 2004)
Model ID: PowerMac6,4
1.0GHz, 1.25GHz
eMac
(October, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac4,4
1.0GHz
eMac (ATI Graphics)
(May, 2003)
Model ID: PowerMac4,4
800MHz, 1.0GHz
eMac
(April, 2002)
Model ID: PowerMac4,4
700MHz, 800MHz
Xserve (Cluster Node)
(March, 2003)
Model ID: RackMac1,2
dual 1.33GHz
Xserve
(February, 2003)
Model ID: RackMac1,2
1.33GHz, dual 1.33GHz
Xserve
(May, 2002)
Model ID: RackMac1,1
1.0GHz, dual 1.0GHz
PC Desktops
Compatible with Intel / AMD Process based PCs capable with
the specifications listed above.
Computers below only recognize drive space up to 128GB*
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver)
(July, 2001)
Model ID: PowerMac3,5
733MHz, 867MHz, dual 800MHz
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
(January, 2001)
Model ID: PowerMac3,4
466MHz, 533MHz, dual 533MHz, 667MHz, 733MHz
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
(July, 2000)
Model ID: PowerMac3,3
400GHz, dual 450MHz, dual 500GHz
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
(September, 1999)
Model ID: PowerMac3,1
350MHz, 400MHz, 450GHz, 500GHz
Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics)
(August, 1999)
Model ID: PowerMac1,2
350MHz, 400MHz
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)
(January, 1999)
Model ID: PowerMac1,1
300MHz, 350MHz, 400MHz, 450MHz
iMac G4 (Flat Panel)
(January, 2002)
Model ID: PowerMac4,2
700MHz, 800Mhz
iMac (Summer 2001)
(July, 2001)
Model ID: PowerMac4,1
500MHz, 600Mhz, 700MHz
iMac (Early 2001)
(Febuary, 2001)
Model ID: PowerMac4,1
400MHz, 500Mhz, 600MHz
iMac (Summer 2000)
(July, 2000)
Model ID: PowerMac2,2
300MHz, 400MHz, 450Mhz, 500Mhz
iMac (Slot Loading)
(October, 1999)
Model ID: PowerMac2,1
350MHz, 400MHz
iMac (5 Flavors)
(January, 1999)
Model ID: iMac,1
266MHz, 333MHz
iMac (Bondi Blue)
(May, 1998)
Model ID: iMac,1
233MHz
PC Desktops
Compatible with Intel / AMD Process based PCs capable with
the specifications listed above.
*The computers listed use an ATA-5 standard controller on the motherboard. This standard only recognizes drive capacities up to 128GB. The IDE/ATA computer use the ATA-6 standard which can recognize capacities larger than 128GB. This is completely different hardware, and there aren't any firmware updates that will allow an ATA-5 controller to see more than 128GB. Usually this is a common problem to computers that were available prior to 2003.
Includes
- OWC Mercury Electra™ 3G SSD
- OWC 2.5" to 3.5" Drive Adapter Bracket Tray
- SATA to IDE adapter
500GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD Specifications:
Specifications
Controller
4-Ch
NAND
Tier 1 3D NAND
Form Factor
Standard 7mm 2.5"
Interface
SATA 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s supported,
SATA 3.1 Compliant
Capacity 1
500GB useable capacity
SMART Attributes
Standard 2
Native Command Queuing
up to 32 commands
RoHS Compliant
Yes
Format
Physical
Height (max)
7mm (0.276″)
Width (max)
70.06mm (2.758″)
Length (max)
100.12mm (3.941″)
Weight
77 grams +/- 2 grams
0.170 lbs +/- 2.71 oz
Reliability
TRIM Support
OS Dependent
Performance
Sequential Read (Compressible Data)
274MB/s
Sequential Write (Compressible Data)
260MB/s
Sequential Read (Incompressible Data)
270MB/s
Sequential Write (Incompressible Data)
250MB/s
Random 4K Read
Up to 90,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write
Up to 60,000 IOPS
Power
Environmental (Operating)
Temperature (°F)
32°F to 158°F
Temperature (°C)
0°C to 70°C
Environmental (Non-Operating)
Temperature (°F)
-40°F to 185°F
Temperature (°C)
-40°C to 85°C
Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n SSDMXLE500 UPC#: 718122782376
Customer Ratings
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4.8 / 5
17 out of 19 (89%) reviewers would recommend this product
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Reviewer: brushworks
Location: Indiana
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Brought New Life to my G4 MDD
April 22, 2018
I never complained about the performance of my aging PowerMac G4 MDD, but I needed a new hard drive and thought since I'd already installed SSDs in my newer Macs, I wanted to try this one. This product breathed new life into my old machine. "Speed bumping" would be putting it mildly. I wish I'd purchased three more to fill up all its drive bays it's that good! Too bad they're no longer available. If they were, I wouldn't have that feeling of regret. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 240GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Shisack
Location: Switzerland
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Great product
March 18, 2018
The delivery was speedy and the product as expected. Easy to fix as internal drive good performance despite the limits of the use controller. Works with iOS as well I would recommend this item to a friend!
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Reviewer: Robby
Location: Georgia
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Bought two of these kits. EXCELLENT
April 4, 2017
So my goal was to take a old G4 powermac (I purchased off eBay) and install decades old software that I had kept around on a dusty hard drive. I figured if this was going to be my dedicated 'mac from the past', it should have reliable, fast (relatively - for that model) storage.
So I bought two of the 120gb SSD's along with the SATA to IDE converters. The beige G4 has two IDE connectors coming off the same cable, so the first one needs to be the master drive, the second needs to be the slave.
The SATA to IDE converters have a nice little switch that allows you to choose between Master, Slave, and Auto-Detect.
At any rate ... it works perfectly! I installed OS-9 on one hard drive, and OS X 10.4.11 (the latest this G4 can handle) and everything is smooth fast (all things considered) and quiet.
Great product for bring an old dinasaur back to life, and tons of fun.
This review is from 120GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: MacBrian
Location: Wichita, KS
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
New life for old Macs
December 27, 2016
I purchased this drive to replace the old mechanical boot drive on my 17" iMac G4. I use my G4 now as the world's coolest 17" photo frame -- with around 10,000 photos on rotation through the Mac OS Screen saver. The dome base and goose-neck-lamp arm on the G4 is like a futuristic yet mid-century-modern piece of tech art! Best photo frame EVER! I also have a piece of audio recording software that makes my G4 like a "DVR" for streaming audio. It lets me time-shift some of my favorite radio shows to enjoy later, on-demand. This SSD gave my old G4 a whole new life. Boot-up time with an SSD is extremely fast now, and the responsiveness of the Mac across the board is MUCH snappier than it used to be. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 60GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Smartypants
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Excellent Service & Value
September 19, 2016
Ordering was simple, I called with a few questions and the staff was friendly and helpful. I bought this to replace the HD on my old G4, which runs a pre-press flatbed scanner. The OWC HD made the G4 run much faster and smoother than before, and installation was easy, thanks to the available video instructions. I live in Canada, so shipping is usually expensive and a hassle. OWC offered trouble-free shipping at an excellent price. Overall, an excellent experience, and I'd definitely buy from them again. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 60GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Germany
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 4/5
Very fast, easy to install, BUT:
April 29, 2016
I Installed the SSD. Very easy, good working adpater (do not forget to change it into "cable select"! BUT the iMac G3 400 Mhz DV SE freezes after waking up from sleepmode. The spiningwheel appears and the system is frozen. After restart all works fine again. I hope OWC will offer me some firmware to fix the problem. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 60GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Rochester, NH
Age: Over 65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 5/5
Like Greased Lightning!
November 23, 2015
Bought this SSD to upgrade an old SONY laptop from 2006 era, mainly to get away from the heat generation issue from the OEM HDD. The laptop cannot be upgraded above XP because of graphics issues, but no matter. This little beauty takes the Sony VGN-FS742/W from a cold start to Internet access in an astonishing 42 seconds -- and that's WITH all the performance-choking updates from Microsoft. It was the perfect choice for me to resurrect this otherwise moribund laptop to a new lease on life. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 240GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Sydney, Australia
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 4/5
Fast. Really fast.
November 3, 2015
As usual for SSD, the boot time of a Mac gets much, much shorter, even in an old G3 blue & white, or a G4 AGP graphics. Before installing this SSD, startup took almost forever, now it is about half a minute or less.
The only improvement that could be added would be a mounting bracket to better fit the existing 5.25" hard disk bays.
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 120GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Gamer
Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 5/5
This a great product
October 29, 2015
This works in mac os 9.2.2 and mac os x 10.4.11 and mac os x 10.5.8. When format it in os x. I format the drive at 80GB for mac os 9.2.2 and and mac os x 10.4.11 and 367GB for mac os x 10.5.8. Both partition work in all systems. My computer is power mac G4 1.25G mirror door 2003. The drive is 480 GB. This review is from 480GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Central Iowa
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Good drive for a legacy computer
September 27, 2015
My G4 recently had an issue with the boot drive becoming corrupted. OWC was my first stop to find something compatible with my Mac. This drive fit my budget and was easy to install. I have yet to fully implement the drive - meaning I have not put everything on it I planned to, but it has worked without a hitch and I expect it to continue to do so. I had to consult with customer support for an error on my part and they graciously helped to resolve the issue. Great service, as always, from OWC! I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 120GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Los Angeles
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
One word: AWESOME!!
May 23, 2015
I'm a PPC G4 Dual 1.25 user here. I've been using regular 250GB internal HDs (qty.4) but got tired of them failing (multiple times). I'm really conscious about backing up data. I normally maintain backups for my OS and a separate backup for music/personal files. This way I'm completely covered. But it's really a pain, not to mention the probability of both the main drive and backups failing at the same time!!! It has happened to me before.
After tiring of failures and the repeated process above I just said to myself "why not try the Mercury Pro by OWC?" I must admit I was skeptical about ordering the 480GB, I'm familiar with the old school internal drives and thought there was a capacity limit on drive capacity the G4 could handle???
I used carbon copy cloner to clone my drive and let me tell you the Mercury Pro 480GB is everything it claims to be!!! Awesome performance, small footprint, I was really surprised. Needless to say I immediately ordered another one. I've consolidated all my data and the extra drive will be the clone. Time will tell as far as drive failure is concerned but based on the specs I shouldn't be as concerned when compared against my old 250GB drives ;)
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 5-6 months
Rating: 5/5
Stunning SSD Transformation!
March 24, 2015
I simply plugged in my new OWC 240Gb Mercury Legacy Pro SSD into my dual 1.73Ghz Power Mac G4 QuickSilver 2002 and got fantastic performance!!! I used Carbon Copy Cloner to format and create the identical new drive, and kept the old drive as a backup. The included adapter made everything a breeze.
Now the computer cold boots in 14 seconds, loads Firefox version 31.5.0 in under 1 second (actually TenFourFoxG4 which is identical to the latest Firefox Intel version), loads any major app in the CS4 Suite in about 3 seconds, Google Earth in 2 seconds, The Entire Microsoft Office 2008 Suite in 9 seconds, and Acrobat Pro 9 in under 1 second!
The included SpeedTools Utilities shows SSD Drive speeds in excess of 120Gb/sec, easily 5 times as fast as the old hard drive on random reads and writes, and more than ten times as fast on regular fragmented files.
FANTASTIC!
Great job OWC!!!
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 240GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Austria
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 3-4 months
Rating: 5/5
Built into iMac G4 800 MHz...
December 22, 2014
...and working perfectly Greez, Tom I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 240GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Groningen, the Netherlands
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Hobbiest
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
perfectly suited for my ends, no problems installing
November 28, 2014
I ordered the 60GB ssd to replace the IDE 3.5' hd in my Korg D888 mixer/recorder. Installation went smoothly - other than having to reformat the ssd to MSDOS fat 32. With that done, the ssd was regocnised by the D888 and worked right away, no questions asked. :) Since this device is for sound recording, having an absolutely quiet ssd instead of a slightly humming HD is a brilliant upgrade. Love it. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 60GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Vermont
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Fast Fast Fast
November 23, 2014
I have an older 1.2 GHz PC. The hard drive was starting to fail. I made an image "just in time" and put the 120 GB PATA-equipped 3.5" drive in place. I partitioned it two ways, and put the image on the first partition. My boot speed went from 4 minutes for a full boot down to 55 seconds. Just incredible. The system runs cooler using less power, and makes a lot less noise: no clackity clack of an old HDD desperately trying to read failing sectors. I was so impressed I bought a 60 GB version for yet another older computer serving in a different application. This is a great upgrade kit if you're about to lose a hard disk drive or are sick of slow system response to boots and internet browsing! I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 120GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Moscow
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Great disk
June 15, 2014
great drive. silent, infallible, fast, reliable, plus excellent compatibility with older equipment. suit a wide range of users. 100% would recommend to all! I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Atlanta, GA
Rating: 5/5
Revived 1st Gen Apple TV
May 1, 2014
I know, I know, 1st gen AppleTV. What better way to revive it by putting a SSD in it. I know, I am still limited by the IDE throughput, but it's faster than the ID hard drive that was in there before. The AppleTV isn't stock either, its got the Crystalbuntu software on it along with the Broadcom Crystal HD decoder. This SSD helps fine tune the last bit of lagginess that the underpowered 1st ten AppleTV was exhibiting.
This was the only laptop sized IDE based SSD that I was able to find. Leave it to OWC to think that someone would want one, but they did and I thank them for that.
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 120GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Age: Over 65
Experience Level: IT Professional
Rating: 5/5
.. but not for a Mac Cube
January 20, 2014
This seems to be an excellent substitute for a failed IDE drive in an old Mac, so I purchased one to put into a Mac Cube but, given the very tight tolerances inside that Mac it doesn't quite fit. Other Macs I've worked usually have some slack in the cables and room to deal with offset connectors, and I've no reason to doubt that, if it could be hooked up, this SSD would as good as advertised.
But with the Cube, the 10-12mm offset that the IDE adapter card introduces, pushes a little extra cable under the Airport card door right over the IDE connector, and you can't close the door over the displaced connector and the excess cable. I'm talking millimeters, but it's "no go".
Disappointing.
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 60GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: Anonymous
Location: South Carolina
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Worked flawlessly in old eMac
February 13, 2013
Without a doubt, this is overkill for an eMac (1.25GHz G4, 2 GB RAM). However, with IDE drives scarce, and my need to make this eMac as usable as possible for a client on a limited budget, I opted to use this SSD kit. Installation of the kit, per se, is easy, though putting any drive into an eMac is a challenge, necessitating an almost-complete teardown. Nonetheless, after an hour of work, the drive was installed, and I booted the machine to a DVD. I then imaged over an OS/App configuration (OS X 10.5.8) and tested. Worked flawlessly. Microsoft Word 2008 launches in 5 seconds, undoubtedly limited by the machine's architecture, not this drive. But for an 10-year-old machine, that's impressive.
As for the drive itself, construction quality seems superb. Fine, classy fit-n-finish. The drive is SATA, of course, but the supplied Addonics SATA to IDE adapter was easy to use and worked without issue, even allowing master-slave-CS choice. Everything fit into the supplied 2.5- to 3.5-inch bracket adapter easily, and the drive showed up in Disk Utility without a hitch.
Only complaint: No screws were provided, and although I have a wealth of screws, finding some that were long enough - but not too long - to mount the drive to the supplied bracket was a surprising pain in the neck. I wish OWC would supply screws to mount the drive to the bracket; mounting the bracket to the machine was no issue, as I used the previous drive's screws.
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 60GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
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Reviewer: George56
Location: Javetville, Ontario, Canada
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Noob
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Really glad I did business with OWC!
August 15, 2011
I was a bit worried over replacing my G4's HD myself after I received the 40GB Mercury EXTREME Pro. Almost chickened out and sent it back unopened! One quick call to OWC Support and I got my nerve back. After using a leaf-blower (!!!) on my back deck to clear out all the dust out of the fans and grates of this 7 year old computer, installing the SSD was a snap! Result: Lower operation temp. overall, SMOOOOOTH operation and complete stability. Could not be happier!!! Considering the 1.25 Ghz single core CPU ain't exactly a speed boot, I now don't get "spinning balls" ever and no more whine of the old drive!
Highly recommended both product & service!!! George
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 40GB OWC Mercury Pro Legacy 3.5-inch IDE/ATA Solid-State Drive Kit.
Response from MacSales.com, Marketing
October 26, 2011
While OWC does encourage keeping your computer equipment clean as part of a http://blog.macsales.com/4813-tech-tips-spring-cleaning
">regular maintenance plan, the use of a leaf blower is not a recommended substitute for a can of compressed air.
