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OWC Mercury Electra Boot Test

OWC Mercury Electra Boot Test 2:45

SSD Boot Test IIII - 3-way race 1:55

SSD Speed Test - Mac Pro Drives 3:52

SSD Boot Test III - 4-way race 2:14

SSD Boot Test II - Just the Test 1:59

SSD Boot Test II - Expanded 5:24

SSD Boot Test II - Original 3:53

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro 2011 1:43

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro i7 2011 1:51

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro i5 2010 2:13

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro 2010 vs 2011 1:35

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro 15 2009 2:03

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro 15 2008 2:03

SSD Boot Test - MacBook Pro 15 2006 2:03

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OWCMercury Electra 6G SSD

Perfect for high-speed personal computing, home, & gaming.

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OWCMercury EXTREME 6G SSD

Extra Performance for audio, video, and photo apps.

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OWCMercury Electra 3G SSD

Exceptional Performance for the everyday user.

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Awards & Reviews

"With my harsh deadlines and quick turnarounds, every second counts. OWC's new SSD drives really give me the edge I need and they pay for themselves." – Kevin Churko,
(Ozzy Osbourne™, Shania Twain™, Ringo Starr™, Five Finger Death Punch™ and Britney Spears™)

"Class Leading In Many Real World Tests ... Price Is Lower Than Most On the Market ... the OWC Mercury Is At the Top of Our List." – TweakTown

"It's the fastest SSD I've tested to date...a serious, enterprise-class SSD..." – Bare Feats

"This Drive is a Rocket of a SSD... We Have to Give Two Thumbs Up" – Les Tokar - The SSD Review

"Left Me With The Best Impressions... The Most Affordable SandForce Drive... Overwhelming Read/Write Speeds" – Nik Kastrantas, Real World Labs

"The Best Choice for Combined Speed and Operational Performance." – Olin Coles, BenchmarkReviews.com

"An entirely new class of product ... astonishing speed, robust performance ... blows away anything from Intel or Crucial ... (sets) a new bar for performance ..." – Lloyd Chambers, diglloyd

"Once You See Your MBP Going This Fast, No Way You're Ever Going Back" – Victor Cajiao, Typical Mac User

"Performed Extremely Well...A Significant Step Up From Any Standard Hard Drive" – Marco Chiappetta, Hot Hardware

"...if you want/need/gotta have a SSD for your Mac, the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro RE is for you..." – Dennis Sellers, MacNews

"Best Write Speeds We've Seen" – Nathan Edwards, Maximum PC

"The Best Choice on the Market Today for Mac Users." – Lloyd Chambers, digLloyd.com

"Offers Eye-Popping Speed, As Well As The Peace of Mind of Consistent Performance Over Time" – James Galbraith, Macworld

"One Hell of a Fast Drive with a Killer Price." – Anthony Garland, Hardware Canucks

"The Most Amazing Upgrade I Ever Did" – John Gruber, Daring Fireball

"Absolutely Killer Performance" – Jake Mete, Pure Overclock

"Simply a great drive...a hidden gem of the SSD world...a definite asset to any PC or Mac owner" – Les Tokar, The SSD Review

"The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro is the fastest SATA II SSD to hit our test bench yet." – Brian Beeler, Storage Review.com

"Overwhelming Superiority" – Guillaume Douillet, Hardmac

"Raw Speed is Impressive" – Tom Nelson, About.com

"...All Apps Open Faster Than You Can Click and Let Go of Your Mouse... Instant is About the Only Way to Explain It." – Sven Rafferty, Sven On Tech

"...Definitely Love at First Boot... Applications - Even Large Ones - Open Almost Instantaneously. No Dock-Bouncing. No Hard Drive Noise. No Wait." – Philipp Eierund, The Apple Press

"Insanely Fast" – Krishna Sadasivam, PC Weenies

"First Class...Not Only the Fastest, but also One of More Durable and Secure SSDs Available" – Maurizio Natali, Saggiamente

"If You are Looking for the Absolute Fastest Available for Under a Hundred Bucks, Look No Further. The Mercury Extreme Pro 40GB SSD is an Amazing SSD." – Les Tokar, The SSD Review

"The Compelling Advantages to Internal SSD Drives...Speed, Battery Life, and Shock Resistance...A Solid Drive That Performs Well. I Give This Product the Rare 5-Star MacNN Rating." – Marshall Clow, MacNN

"A Tremendous Difference in the Speed and Feel of your Computer." – J. Glenn Kunzler, MacTrast

"Power users can rejoice at the speed and performance increase this SSD delivers." – Florence Ion, MacLife

"The transition to an SSD was definitely worth doing." – Ted Landau, The Mac Observer

"Cutting a half a day off our data processing is well worth the price of the drive" – Wayne Thorp, Computerized Investing

"…Amazing Speed Enhancement... Spectacular... I've Got What Feels Like a Brand New Mac" – Gigaom, Dave Greenbaum - Extreme Pro 120GB

"...seems like a new computer" – Mike Flaminio, Insanely Great Mac (IGM) Extreme Pro 3G 40GB

"...the performance of the SSD kicks my old drive's butt up and down the block... definitely worth considering the upgrade" – Chris Rawson, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G - 240GB

"With the Mercury Extreme Pro 3G installed, the MacBook suddenly seemed like a new machine. The speedup is...impressive" – Chris Foresman, Ars Technica - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 240GB

"As close to "instant on" as a MacBook Pro of this vintage is going to get... after using the Mercury Extreme Pro... I not only bought the test unit...I also ordered another SSD from OWC" – Brad Moon, Wired.com - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G - 240GB

Mercury Electra and Mercury EXTREME are trademarks of New Concepts Development Corporation, registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Apple, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Retina are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Other marks may be the trademark or registered trademark of their owners.

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