OWC Ships 100 GB Portable Drives
January 21, 2005
Chicago, IL - Other World Computing (OWC) is shipping portable 100 Gigabyte (GB) storage solutions, compatible with Mac or Windows systems.
Weighing 11 ounces, measuring 3.5" x 5.5" x 1.0", the new Mercury On-The-Go drives can be used with any electronic device that has FireWire and/or USB data ports, including digital video and still cameras.
The 5400 RPM Mercury On-The-Go drives feature 8 Megabytes (MB) of cache and are either a FireWire only or FireWire and Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces, the manufacturer reports. The IEEE1394/iLink-compliant FireWire interface on the 100GB On-The-Go solution supports both a powered (6-pin) and an unpowered (4-pin) port. Conversely, the USB interface on the combination FireWire/USB 100GB On-The-Go external hard drive supports both USB v2.0 and v1.1.
All Mercury On-The-Go plug-and-play drives are compatible with any operating system with FireWire or USB (combo model) support, including Apple OS 8.6-9.2.2, OS X and Windows 98SE/2000/XP. Features include shock-protective design, a cool blue activity LED, near-silent operation and multiple connecting ports. Drives may be bus powered via FireWire or with the included AC adapter, and all cables, formatting software, a one-year warranty and carrying case are also included.
Mercury On-The-Go storage solutions ship with Dantz Retrospect backup and restore software and Intech HD Speedtools.
Mercury On-The-Go portable storage solutions are available online starting at $319.97.
For more information, visit
www.macsales.com/firewire
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