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OWC Mercury Aura Pro MBA SSD

Stock HD vs. OWC Aura Pro MBA SSD 2:33

i7 MacBook Pro vs. OWC Aura Pro MBA SSD 1:40

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Up to 41x Faster than factory hard drive models. (up to 20% Faster than factory SSD models*)
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Up to 4x more capacity than original factory SSD option**
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No moving Parts for reliability up to 100x higher than hard drives

*OWC SSD 268MB/s vs 2010 factory SSD speed of 215MB/s
**OWC 480GB SSD vs factory optional 128GB SSD

OWC MercuryAura™ Pro MBA™

For MacBook Air 2008/2009 Edition

60GB	$97.50	More Info Buy Now
120GB	$124.75	More Info Buy Now
240GB	$179.99	More Info Buy Now

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 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