http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/drive.burns.blu.ray.discs.at.up.to.12x.speeds/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/owcsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing on Tuesday announced that it is now offering a Mercury Pro external Blu-ray drive with a quad interface. Users can choose between USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, or eSATA connection methods. The company claims the Pioneer BDR-205 can reach burn speeds of up to 12X on Blu-ray discs, 16X with DVDs, 4X on DVD-DL media, and 40X for CDs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/drive.burns.blu.ray.discs.at.up.to.12x.speeds/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/owc.portable.ssds.available.in.up.to.256gb/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/owcssdintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OWC on Thursday introduced its first SSDs as part of its Mercury On-The-Go Pro portable lineup, touting them as the lowest cost portable FireWire 800/400 or USB 2.0 powered devices of their kind. Starting off with the 64GB version, a 128GB unit and the largest 256GB SSD, each can transfer data at up to 100MBps. Each 2.5-inch drive offers a 64MB data cache. As with most SSDs, the lack of moving pa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/10/owc.portable.ssds.available.in.up.to.256gb/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/on.the.go.portable.drives.reach.750gb/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/owc750-story-03.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OWC has launched new 750GB notebook drive products. The new capacity drives arrive in bus-powered On-The-Go Pro models, with three connectivity options. The top-of-the-line triple interface offers FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 connections, while a dual-interface FireWire 400/USB 2.0 and a USB 2.0-only version are available for reduced pricing.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/on.the.go.portable.drives.reach.750gb/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/12/drive.genius.special.offer/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/owc-specialoffer-12.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OWC has announced it is shipping copies of Drive Genius 2.1.1 for as low as $25, a $75 reduction, when bought with qualifying OWC or NewerTech storage products. There are nearly 200 qualifying products available on OWC's website, including OWC's Mercury line -- Elite-AL Pro Single, Dual bay and Mirror RAID drives, rack-mount storage, Elite Pro Firewire drives and On-The-Go portable drives. OWC's n... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/12/drive.genius.special.offer/ Tue, 12 May 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/07/owc.debuts.quad.interface/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/owctemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OWC has announced its latest Mercury Rack Pro Quad-Interface four-bay Rack Mount Hardware RAID at Macworld Expo (booth S-2218). Designed for audio/video production and data/network operation centers, the quad interface RAID storage server supports up to four 2TB 3.5-inch SATA I/II hard disk drives providing a maximum of 8TB total storage and works with FireWire 800/400, USB2, and eSATA. Simple co... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/07/owc.debuts.quad.interface/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/17/owc.modbook.upgrades/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/owc-modbook-17.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing (OWC) has released new upgrade options for the Axiotron Modbook Mac-tablet. The available components include memory modules, hard drives and optical SuperDrives. Users can choose to have their orders outfitted with 6GB of RAM and single or dual hard-drive configurations, with capacities of up to 750GB when combining a 500GB HDD in the primary drive bay and 250GB HDD in the se... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/17/owc.modbook.upgrades/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/22/owc.external.bd.burners/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/owcbluraydrive1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing (OWC) on Wednesday introduced its Mercury Pro Blu-ray external drives, the first on the market, the company says, that include a quad interface. This includes FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connectivity options for both Macs and PCs, allowing the external drives to write Blu-ray media at speeds up to 4X or 150MBps, or twice as fast as OWC's previous generation ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/22/owc.external.bd.burners/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/13/owc.storage.rebates/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/owc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing has announced a new rebate program for October that covers a wide range of storage devices. The largest rebates, of $120, cover the Mercury Rack Pro 1.5TB, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB products. Customers that purchase the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual Drive RAID devices with capacities from 750GB to 2TB will receive $60. The Mercury Elite-AL Pro Single Drive and NewerTech miniStack 750GB o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/13/owc.storage.rebates/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/owc.mercury.otg.320gb.7k/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/owcmercuryotg320gb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing says it has set a newer record with the launch of the Mercury On-the-Go 320GB 7200RPM drive. The disk uses a newer 2.5-inch Hitachi TravelStar drive that makes it the largest-capacity portable drive to spin at the same 7,200RPM speed as desktop models; the 320GB of space is 60 percent more than current 200GB disks at the same physical size. The translucent drive also has mu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/owc.mercury.otg.320gb.7k/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/22/owc.low.cost.superdrives/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing on Thursday unveiled low-cost Superdrives for almost any Mac released within the last decade, offering 48x CD burning and LightScribe labeling technology. OWC claims the drives are quiet, and do not require any extra software to be installed with the drive. Users can also write to dual-layer DVDs at up to 12x speeds, while single-layer discs can write at up to 20x. OWC is sel... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/22/owc.low.cost.superdrives/ Thu, 22 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT