You may have noticed that when we announce price drops on one drive, more invariably seem to follow suit. That pattern rings true once again, as this time around, we’re announcing some great new prices for our highly-praised OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad-Interface” storage solutions.

The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro “Quad-Interface” is the choice for high performance, reliability, and flexibility. Fully “Plug and Play”, its FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB2, and eSATA interfaces provide exceptional data accessibility via the best performance options the computer(s) it is being used with.

This Oxford 924 based storage solution is great for demanding Audio/Video (it’s ProTools Certified), backup (it’s perfect for Time Machine, or can be used as a bootable clone), music, photography, general data needs, and more. It’s  9.0″ x 2.1″ x 5.8″ aluminum enclosure with can either stand vertically or stacks great horizontally.

Other features of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL FireWire 800/400/USB2/eSATA ‘Quad Interface’ Solutions include:

• Oxford 924-based performance bridge solution
• Two 1394B 9 Pin FireWire 800 Ports, One 1394A 6 Pin FireWire 400 Port, One USB 2.0 Port, 1 eSATA Port
• Large Data Buffer – up to 32MB
• USB2, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, & eSATA Cables ALL INCLUDED!
• Prosoft DataBackup III (Mac OS X), , Intech Speedtools (Mac OS 8.6-10.5.x), Carbon Copy Cloner (Mac OS X), and NovaStor NovaBackup (Windows) included
• Fully Mac & PC Compatible
• Industry Leading 3 Year Solution Warranty

Of course, it wouldn’t be a “price drop” posting without mention of the new prices:

• 250GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – $122.99
• 320GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – $123.99
• 500GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – $129.99
• 750GB 7200RPM with 16MB Data Buffer – $159.99
• 1.0TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer – $179.99
• 1.5TB 7200RPM with 32MB Data Buffer – NOW $217.99
• 2.0TB GreenPower w/32MB Data Buffer – NOW $279.99 (a $50 drop!)
• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 0GB (Add your own HD) Enclosure Kits also available from $49.99

These are great prices on a great external storage solution. Its versatility, reliability, and high performance make it an excellent addition to your system.

Wow, it seems that we’ve got price drops almost every other day or so lately. Well, we’ve got two more OWC storage solutions getting the same treatment today: the Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID FireWire 800/400+USB2 storage solution and the Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID “Quad Interface” eSATA/FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB 2.0 & 1.1 storage solution. We’ll get to those prices in a moment.

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro storage solutions utilize the latest high-performance, custom Oxford based bridges coupled with the latest Serial-ATA hard drive technology to provide overall superior reliability and performance.

The Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID series is designed with speed and high-capacity in mind. Getting its speed from a matched pair of hard drives set up in a RAID 0 (Striped), it’s now available with up to 4.0TB (4000GB) of capacity. Despite having two 3.5″ hard drives inside, it has a sleek and compact aluminum design of only 9.3″ Long x 2.8″ Wide x 5.6″ High. Both models feature two FireWire 800 ports, a FireWire 400 port and a USB 2.0/1.1 port. The “Quad Interface” model also features eSATA for high-speed data transfer.

Like all OWC storage solutions, these Elites are fully A/V Certified as well as EMC Retrospect Backup Certified for all your Audio/Video, backup (they’re Time Machine Ready), graphics, music, general data needs and more!

They are also fully bootable and provide excellent data accessibility via any of the available interface ports, depending on what’s available on the system(s) it’s being connected to. You don’t have to worry about connecting them either, since the OWC Elites come with the cables for all the interfaces they feature – no need to purchase cables separately.

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It’s the middle of January, and it’s C-O-L-D here in Woodstock, IL. We even had to stop OWC Grant from licking our Wind Turbine because his tongue kept sticking to it.

Though it may be cold out, the deals are just heating up. Last week, we had some great price drops on the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus. Now, that torch has passed on to the GMAX’s little brother, the miniStack v3. We’ll talk about that in a moment. Right now, let’s look at what you get.

The NewerTech miniStack v3 provides up to 2.0TB of storage with support for FireWire 800/400, USB2, and eSATA, plus the convenience and the function of an integrated FireWire/USB2 Powered Hub. All of that functionality is packed into a compact “Mac mini” sized profile of 6.5” x 6.5” x 1.5”.

Ideal for any Mac or PC, the miniStack v3 offers full compatibility for performance data access via whichever interface you have best available. The “Quad Interface” offered makes this great for moving between multiple systems; you can connect via FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB2, or eSATA for up to 150MB/second performance.

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NewerTech’s Guardian MAXimus is the Plug & Play solution that keeps your data safe and reliable with real-time, high performance data redundancy via hardware RAID-1 Mirroring. With its FW800/400+eSATA+USB 2.0 “Quad Interface”, you can connect a “GMAX” to any computer with Plug and Play ease via one of those four connections and it will take care of the rest. This solution is a hardware RAID 1 “Mirror” which automatically keeps your data backed up in real time to protect against a hard disk failure.

LED indicators on the front of the solution indicate the status of the two drives. Should one of the two internal drives experience a malfunction, the unit will still function normally until you can repair it. If the malfunction is a recoverable “soft” type, the Guardian MAXimus will automatically rebuild the mirror, in the background. If the disk failure requires a drive to be replaced, once the new drive is installed, the Guardian MAXimus will automatically rebuild the Mirror without loss of data or additional down time.

Available in capacities of up to 2.0TB of mirrored backup, the Guardian MAXimus is certified for Audio/Video, Graphics, Music, general data needs and more! It’s perfect for the ultimate Time Machine backup, too! With its “Quad” interface, you can easily hook it up to any computer—Mac or PC—and be up and running in no time. You can even use it as a boot drive.

Of course, as with all OWC and Newer Technology storage solutions, we include all the cables so you don’t have to go searching for the right one for your connection choice. On top of that, we include Intech HD Speedtools Utility Suite and the full retail version of Prosoft Engineering DataBackup III for Mac OS X (a $59 retail value) and the full retail version of NovaStor NovaBackup for Windows (a $49 retail value). To top it off, we back it all up with a Three Year NewerTech Solution Warranty.

With all that, the Guardian MAXimus is a great value. Now, though, we’ve made it an even better value with some great new pricing.

• 320GB + 320GB Mirror 7200RPM w/32MB total Data Buffer – $219.99
• 500GB + 500GB Mirror 7200RPM w/32MB total Data Buffer – $229.99
• 750GB + 750GB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – NOW $279.99 (a $20 price drop)
• 1.0TB + 1.0TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – NOW $309.99
• 1.5TB + 1.5TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – NOW $397.99
• 2.0TB + 2.0TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – NOW $499.99 (a $20 price drop)
• Also available: 0GB  ”Build your own GMAX RAID-1″ Kit with software bundle & cables included.- $139.99

Everybody should have some sort of backup plan. With built-in redundancy and even more affordable pricing, the Guardian MAXimus is a great component to your backup strategy.

Whether or not you made wireless networking a resolution for 2010, we’ve got some super deals that make it easy (and price attractive) to upgrade to fast, wireless network convenience. Our past newsletters, posts and such on our Holiday Deals really overlooked the values that could be found in our wireless category.

For example, there’s a Edimax 802.11g/b Router + USB Adapter bundle priced at just $39.00. How can you go wrong with this combo deal…all in one and ready to run. But hurry…only ONE left!

Want to surf faster? Then get the Edimax 802.11n/g/b gigabit router + USB N Adapter bundle for $59.

If you’re looking for other leading wireless brands like D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, and even hard to find Apple Airport wireless cards, we’ve got ‘em all on our wireless category page.

Whatever your choice, we’re still offering delivery specials from $1.99, $2.99, and even free delivery on orders $250 and higher. And if you want to compliment your wireless upgrade with some other goodies, we still have some holiday deals left but are available while supplies and/or manufacturer terms last. Some of the holiday deals are still running, but many will quickly wind down as special cost supplies run out and/or special terms OWC had for these offers with manufacturers are expiring.

Studies have shown that having more screen real estate on your computer helps increase productivity. Even laptops and computers with built-in displays usually have an option for connecting a second display, expanding the computer’s desktop and giving you more room to work. And for those of you who don’t generally do “work” on your computer, let me offer up this lightly less-responsible bit of motivation: multiple large displays look cool.

Frankly, I view it from both sides of the coin. I think had only a single display on my desk during my first year or so with OWC. For the vast majority of my time here, I’ve had at least two displays, and I bumped it up to three earlier this year when I got moved to a Mac Pro for video production, so I know about the productivity benefits having lots of screen real estate. Let me tell you, I go crazy when sitting at my favorite beverage dispensing establishment, trying to juggle emails, chats, downloads, and surfing on my MacBook Pro. Even with OS additions like Spaces, there’s nothing compared to the convenience of having everything all visible at once.

But there are also times where a multiple display setup isn’t always convenient. Sometimes you don’t have an available display connector. Other times, you just don’t have the desk space to hold an extra monitor. In that case, the trick is to get the best single monitor you can at the best possible price.

That’s why I’m glad to mention that OWC has a great price on the Acer B243HL bmdrz 24″ Widescreen White LED Backlit TFT LCD Display. This display is a great option, regardless of whether you’re pairing it up with another display (stand-alone or built-in) or using it by itself. Article Continues…

Greetings from Snowy Woodstock…it will certainly be a White Christmas here for sure and as we’ve heard from customers around the country, many other locales will be White as well.

If you’re still looking for that special something and need it by Christmas, our discounted 2nd Day and even Overnight Delivery options still make it possible with OWC. Even if you place your order as late as 10:30PM tomorrow (12/23) the true “last minuter” can have that delivery in time.

One last minute special…we were able to make available additional Apple iBook G3, G4, and MacBook notebook computers starting from $95.00
http://eshop.macsales.com/search/Apple+used+laptop
Supplies of the four different available models are limited and are priced to move so don’t delay in ordering!

Check out all  our great ideas for gifts and goodies online here:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Holiday_Specials

Even if you decide on that perfect gift on Thursday, it’s not too late to get it in time for your weekend gathering. OWC also has Saturday delivery available for orders placed as late as 6PM Central Time on Christmas Eve (12/24). The costs are a little pricey, but worth the investment if you are in a pinch and don’t want to battle the frustrating store shopping with limited inventory or day after return crowds. Just let OWC deliver straight to your door!

Orders shipped by ground today (12/22) also still delivers to a lot of areas within 1-2 days, but none of the carriers currently guarantee ground delivery times due to the Christmas rush volume. Brown trucks, White & Blue Trucks, Purple and Orange trucks are out in huge force working hard – some might even say dashing through the snow – to get all gadget goodies delivered in time.

On behalf of the entire OWC team, I wish you safe travels, a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!

We’ve got about a week left before Christmas, which means it’s the final countdown for getting all your parcels together. OWC’s got a lot of great holiday specials that someone in your family is sure to love.

Fortunately, OWC is located just outside Chicago. Our location near the geographic center of the country (hence the moniker the “Midwest”) and proximity to a major shipping hub means that roughly 70% of USA ship to locations are actually only 2-3 days away by typical ground delivery options. Even the furthest points on the West and East Coasts served by ground typically only have five days of transit time.

That means that if you order today and have it shipped by Ground, you’ve still got a good buffer for getting it by the 24th. And if that order happens to be more than $150, the Ground shipping is free to the 48 contiguous United States.

Of course, if you like to cut it close, qualifying orders via 2nd Day Air placed as late as 8:30PM on next Tuesday, December 22nd and qualifying orders by Overnight Air placed as late as 10:30PM on next Wednesday, December 23rd, will still be delivered by Thursday, Christmas Eve.

And, especially for you professional procrastinators, you’ll want to check out our new Priority Processing shipment option. Order as late as 10:30PM Central Time and select our OWC Priority Processing shipment option for nearly guaranteed Same Day Ship Out! Check out our Shipping page for more details.

No matter what your shipping needs, OWC’s here to make your holiday gift giving a breeze.

Free lunch is good; “Free Bird” is better; but best of all is National Free Shipping Day, this year falling on Thursday, Dec. 17. This is the day declared to be the latest possible day in the Christmas shopping season that, on average, retailers can offer free shipping and guarantee delivery by December 24th.

OWC is participating in the second annual National Free Shipping Day for orders $150 or greater. In fact, OWC announced this policy on Nov. 19, so  in effect, every day since then has been OWC free shipping day for orders $150 or greater.

Free shipping for orders $150 or greater will officially continue through Dec. 31, from OWC’s on-line catalog of over 2,500 products. Orders that ship by ground by this Thursday, Dec. 17, will still be on schedule  for delivery on or before next Thursday, Christmas Eve, even to the West Coast! And who knows, we may just decide to continue this program going forward. Make sure to visit the blog or subscribe to OWC Larry’s Tips n’ Deals Newsletter for any update on our free shipping offer.

To make sure you get something for everyone on your list and get it delivered by 12/24, visit the OWC Holiday Deal page for the latest deals.

And even if you’re the last minute type – with our special Priority Processing shipment option, you can order as late as 10:30PM Central Time for nearly guaranteed Same Day Ship Out – so there is still plenty of time to get all the tech gear on your Christmas list from OWC for the best Christmas morning ever.

Since we’re into the second week of December, our next round of “Garage Sale” listings are now posted at our on-line goodies portal!

Nearly 150 different product listings are ready to be snatched up at great savings. It’s like a virtual treasure hunt…Discontinued, Refurbished, Used, New-Open Box, Missing Box, and One of a kind items all discounted to make room in our “garage” for other stuff! These listings are available for online, Web Ordering only and provided on a first come, first served basis. You’ll see how many are available too as our site  automatically reduces available quantity based on orders and then turn off listings as items sell out.

While you can use a map to find the complete treasure, here are a few jewels that await you:

Ipod/iPhone external Battery products from $2.99

Bookendz Docking Stations for various Macbook / MacBook Pro Models…up to $30 OFF!

A Variety of Memory offers…
1GB modules for Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and iMac models from $7.99, 2.0GB from $45.00
1GB upgrades for Mac Pro from $20, 2GB Matched Kits for $42.50

Over 27 different External HD Enclosures, Docks, and Adapters from $9.99 – USB2/FireWire/eSATA for 2.5” and 3.5” Drive

2.5″ Notebook/Laptop Hard Drives from 160GB and up to 500GB starting from $39.00

3.5” Desktop/Tower Hard Drives from 40GB and up to 1.5TB from $24.99, 250GB and up from $45.00

SIIG Digital photo Keychain w/1.5” LCD – software requires Windows (can use via Parallels, Bootcamp, etc too) – $9.99

Apple MacBook 13” replacement LCD Screen (for all White/Black MacBook Models 2006 to Sept/2009) – $89.00

Various Mac PCI, AGP, and PCIe Video cards from $59.99 – including some hard to find!

Wireless Adapters, Routers, and Genuine Apple Airport Cards to add 802.11n/g/b from $29.00

One thing is for sure…when OWC Larry has a good deal, he just loves telling the world about it…and very often before the “big day”. I gotta a bet here with OWC Michael that Larry likely had all his Christmas presents opened wayyyy before Christmas morn. And in that vein of early presents, this is another reason why you should subscribe to OWC Larry’s Tips n’ Deals Newsletter.

While I was timing many of our efforts to peak/start/drop/etc. on Friday, he was letting loyal followers know about the below deals several days earlier. And he likely did this because, as he said in his subsequent newsletter, “I’ve never been one for big crowds and it’s quite the madhouse out there. Reports suggest about 50 people for every ‘doorbuster’ special. There are also huge crowds on the internet, but that’s from the comfort of home where you can lean back and proceed like it’s any other day of the year. It’s not exactly like any other day as we’ve a great line up of specials worked out with many of our top suppliers. Some are limited, others are ‘all you can eat’ till the weekend and Monday are over. Order $150 or more, and even the freight can be on us. Some really crazy good deals, but without the craze going on in the malls and on the streets today.”

Having gone out to a few stores on Friday morning just to see the madness live, I gotta give Larry the win here. While some situations were truly humorous, I truly believe shopping online is the safer – and saner – thing to do. So, we still have some Black Friday leftovers – plus some new “side dishes” just for Cyber Monday – for your convenient feasting today.

Order $150 or more for Free Delivery within the 48 Continental USA. Delivery from $1.99 to all USA Destinations, International Delivery starting from under $5.

View over 150 specials + with great images and easy sorting online.

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 now $117.50 —– Parallels v5 (Run windows on Mac) Latest Version $49.00

2.0TB 7200RPM Hard Drive for $149(AR) —— External Enclosure Kit/Dock Bundles from $175(AR)

Apple OS 10.6 Upgrade Single User $27.50 —– Apple OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade 5-User $42.50

Apple iBook G3s up to 800MHz from $99.00 —- Apple iBook G4/1.33&1.42GHz 14″ Models from $279.99

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The NuPower Charge & Sync+ from NewerTech is the portable battery & charging solution for nearly ANY mobile device. Not only is it a portable battery that has a built in AC flip-plug for direct charging, but all three of its cables can be connected via a standard USB port for syncing various mobile devices as well.

Includes Dock Connector cable  for iPhones & iPod
+ Cables for mini-USB and micro-USB

It fits in the palm of your hand with cable stowed neatly inside and the one model gives you a portable battery & AC charger + cables with sync/support for nearly any mobile device…digital camera, cellphone, gaming systems, and more you may have!

Normal price is $39.99 – Cyber Monday Special – $32.75! Similar products that offer far less functionality go for $50-80, so this is a great value that’s even better today only!

See ALL of our CyberMonday Specials here.

Today is a very important day.

The first Monday after Thanksgiving is commonly known as “Cyber Monday” and is the day that many online stores do a lot of their Holiday sales.

So, one may think we’d be touting all our holiday specials on the blog today. After all, it’s what you’d expect.

Sure, I could talk about the OWC Express enclosure blowout, but I did that last week and I hate to repeat myself.

I could talk about the highly-praised NewerTech Voyager Docking Solution and the bundles we offer with it, but that would barely be worthy to mention today. The same thing goes for the great specials we’ve got on OWC Mercury On-The-Go enclosures.

Normally, knocking nearly 2/3 off of the Lenspen VidiMax Ultra: Deluxe LCD / Plasma Screen Cleaning Kit would be worthy of talking about, but not today.

Even the free shipping we’re offering on orders over $150 can’t compare to the amazing significance today will hold in history.

No, my friends, today is a day of significance, hope, and glory, for today is the 40th Anniversary of the first appearance of “Mahna Mahna” by the Muppets on the Ed Sullivan Show. While there was a considerably more primitive version that appeared on Sesame Street earlier in the year, this was the rendition that really brought it into the spotlight, and was the version that most directly evolved into the most popular version from The Muppet Show in 1975.

This is such an important landmark in our history as a species, I couldn’t possibly bear to sully this important day with overt mentions of great deals.

I’ll leave that up to OWC Grant and hourly Tweets…just follow us on Twitter

Hello Readers, and happy Day-After-Thanksgiving to you!

As always, while most of the United States is recovering from an L-Tryptophan-induced slumber, we here at OWC are ready to help you with your holiday tech gift needs. This year, we’ve got something for you that we think you’re going to like.

We’ve got blowout prices for the already economical OWC Express 2.5″ Drive Enclosure, reducing the prices to as low as $9.99 for the white model.

While this price makes of one of the best USB bus-powered enclosure deals available even better, you still need a 2.5″ SATA hard drive to put in there. If you don’t have one already laying around, we’ve got some great “Express + Hard Drive” bundle offers – you can either put the new drive right in the enclosure, or you can replace the old drive in your MacBook, MacBook Pro or Mac mini and put the drive you took out into the Express. And those bundles have a little extra value in them as we include at  no cost a $5 value five piece toolkit to help you get the job done.

Either way you go, OWC can show you how to do it all yourself. Our highly acclaimed Instructional Series of videos can show you how to replace the drive in your computer, and our latest installment shows you how to install a drive (be it new or old) in the Express itself. As always, you can find those videos both in our Tech Center and on our YouTube channel.

Of course, this isn’t the only Black Friday special we have for you. You can find all our great post-Thanksgiving specials on this special page, as well as our every-day great prices throughout our site.

Why wait until Friday to start your Holiday shopping? We couldn’t wait until Friday either to tell you about OWC’s Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal…so here they are posted and ready to order now. We’ve always got a great selection at a great price, but for this ‘special weekend’, we just had to tempt you with super deals on over 100 great products.

Some Highlights:

**FREE SHIPPING Available for ALL Orders over $150 shipping within the 48 Continental US**

Discounted Freight as low as $1.99 within the USA, and starting under $5 for International orders!

Acer 24” White LED Backlit 1920×1080 Display – $295.00

There is no lower price out there and this latest model from Acer offers performance and detail you expect from displays costing MUCH more. This display also has a built in USB2 Hub and Stereo Speakers. Features DVI & VGA connections. An “OWC Larry Showcase” product!

VidMax Ultra LCD/Plasma Cleaning Kit with special Carbon Pad – $12.50 or $7.50 w/LCD Purchase

This thing removes fingerprints, smudges, etc WITHOUT chemicals and is amazing!

2.0TB, 4.0TB, and 8.0TB External ‘DIY’ Bundles of 7200RPM Drives + External Enclosures from $169.00 After Rebate!

FireWire 800/400/USB2/eSATA Kits in single, dual, and quad drive configurations for Mass performance storage & Mass Savings!

320GB & 500GB 7200RPM 2.5” Laptop Hard Drive Upgrade Kits w/2.5” Enclosure & Toolkit from $85.00

Everything you need to install/upgrade and transfer your data & continue using your old drive too!

2.5” & 3.5” Hard Drive Enclosure Kits from as low as $9.99!

Serial-ATA Controller Cards (Mac & PC Compatible) from as low as $19.00

OWC USB to Video Display – $59.00

Add up to 4 additional displays to your Mac or 6 additional displays to your PC!  Plug & Play via USB – HDMI, DVI, and VGA supported.

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (Full Retail 3-User)- $119.00

Parallels Desktop for Mac  - $49.00!

Run Windows on Mac – LATEST version 5 Release

500GB 7200RPM miniStack v2.5 FireWire 400+USB2 Storage w/Built in Hubs – $99.00

**Includes FireWire 800 to 400 Cable for the latest Macs too!

8X Blu-Ray Read/Write + Super-MultiDrive DVD+CD Read/Write Kits from $175.00

Keyboard Protectors and Macbook/Pro Protective Sleeves 75% off – From only $4.99!

In case you didn’t see it mentioned on other news sites, forums, etc, we announced free shipping on all orders over $150 today thru December 31st from our on-line catalog of over 2,500 products and a Top 10 Gift Giving Ideas list with “stocking stuffer” suggestions starting at $3.99 to help you make tech/gadget gift giving easier and more economical heading into the upcoming “Black Friday/Cyber Monday” holiday shopping kickoff dates.

We’ve been reading that value and frugality are the key objectives of shoppers this year and wanted to make sure we offered the right products and services to make us the easiest, one-stop choice for all your Mac, PC, iPod, and iPhone product purchases. And even bigger news perhaps is that we’ve extended our operation hours so qualifying orders can ship same day when placed as late as 10:30pm as well as permanently extending our Live Chat support to a full 24/7 service level.

OWC Top Gift & Stocking Stuffer ideas include:

• Kensington Pocket-Link 3-in-1 Cable $3.99

Provides retractable Ethernet/telephone and USB cords in a single, self-contained housing.

• Cellboost iRecharge $4.99

External battery pack for iPods/iPhones and other USB chargeable devices.

• OWC Memory Upgrade Kits from $15.99

More memory = faster Mac with easy to install OWC Memory upgrades.

• OWC Express USB 2.0 Enclosure $19.99

Pocket-sized, bus-powered 2.5″ SATA hard drive enclosure for the digital mobile lifestyle.

• NewerTech® NuPower® Charge & Sync+ $39.99

Portable charger, battery pack, and sync solution for iPods, iPhones, and other USB compatible devices.

• NewerTech Voyager Quad Interface Hard Drive Docking Solution $89.99

“Quad Interface” hard drive dock for 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA hard drives up to 2.0TB.

• NewerTech Guardian MAXimus $319.99

Plug and Play RAID 1 with two 1.0TB hard drives for protecting precious holiday memories.

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay RAID “Quad-Interface” Solutions use the latest Serial ATA drive technology and a custom Oxford 936DS based bridge design to provide total interface flexibility along with Sustained Data Rates of well beyond 200MB/s. These solutions are excellent for a wide range of applications and data storage needs – including all the way up to live High-Definition video capture! High-Performance, Plug & Play, and Reliability backed by an industry leading 3 year full solution warranty.

They’re constructed of aircraft-grade aluminum, measure only 9.3″ L x 2.8″ W x 5.6″ H, and are fully A/V Certified as well as EMC Retrospect Backup Certified for all your A/V, Backup (Time Machine Ready), Graphics, Music, General Data needs and more! You can Plug & Play on whichever best interface option is available on your systems today as well as have future compatibility with 2 x FireWire 800 ports, 1 x FireWire 400 port, 1 x USB port, and 1 x eSATA port. Completely transparent, total interoperability of data access, read/write regardless of what computer(s) and/or interface you switch between…ease of use just doesn’t get any better than this.

Prices start at just $199.99 for these solutions with capacities going all the way up to 4TB. And speaking of that 4TB model, that’s the early “Black Friday” deal…now just $499.99…a $50 drop! And if you want to look at it on a per byte basis, that’s like $0.12 per gigabyte of storage. Or further still, you could use this 4TB model as a home media center and store up to 481 uncompressed DVD’s.

But getting back to the reasons why OWC is better than other brands – we provide detailed information in our descriptions of the exact hard disk drive models you’ll find inside our solutions as well as performance throughput test data so you can see what these fastest in class solutions can offer you in real-world use.

Like all OWC storage solutions, ,the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Bay RAID models include the full retail version of Prosoft DataBackup III ($59 retail value) for OS X and NovaStor NovaBackup ($49 retail value) for Windows. Also included is the complete Intech HD Speedtools performance suite. None of these applications are required to use the Elite, but are excellent applications to have in your utilities library. Plus, don’t overlook the convenience and cost-savings of the included FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB, and eSATA connecting cables.

If you like everything you’ve read thus far and have your own SATA hard drives, we even have DIY Enclosure Kits starting at $107.99 for different RAID and non-RAID modes.

NewerTech’s Guardian MAXimus® is the Plug & Play solution that keeps your data safe with real-time data redundancy via hardware RAID-1 Mirroring. Connect to any Mac or (or PC) with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, eSATA, or USB 2.0 and it does the rest. Perfect for the ultimate Time Machine backup too!

Fast, Easy to Use, Priced Right too!

The NewerTech Guardian MAXimus RAID-1 FW800/400+eSATA+USB2 ‘Quad Interface’ solution provides high performance, exceptional data protection/reliability, and plug and play simplicity with its Oxford936 based bridge interface. This solution is a hardware RAID 1 ‘Redundant Mirror’ which automatically and real-time keeps your data backed up to protect against a hard disk failure. LED indicators on the front of the solution indicate the status of the two drives. Should a drive ever experience a malfunction, normal data operation continues seamlessly. If the malfunction if a recoverable ‘soft’ type, the Guardian MAXimus will rebuild the mirror (also without data interruption) automatically. If the disk failure requires a drive to be replaced, once the new drive is installed – again, the Guardian MAXimus will automatically rebuild the Mirror without loss of data to time.

Available in capacities of up to 2.0TB + 2.0TB Mirrored, the Guardian MAXimus is a sleek, compact Aluminum design of only 9.0″ Long x 2.8″ Wide x 5.8″ High. In addition to the benefits of Hardware RAID 1 Mirroring, these solutions are full certified for Audio/Video, Backup, Graphics, Music, General Data needs and more! With 2 x FW800, 1 x FW400, 1 x USB 2.0/1.1, & 1 x eSATA Ports – units are fully Bootable and provide excellent access flexibility to stored data based via whatever interface choice(s) are available on systems solution may be connected to.

NewerTech Guardian MAXimus FW800/400+USB2+eSATA RAID 1 prices:

• 320GB + 320GB Mirror 7200RPM w/32MB total Data Buffer –  now $219.99 (a $10 Price Drop)
• 500GB + 500GB Mirror 7200RPM w/32MB total Data Buffer –  now $229.99 (a $10 Price Drop)
• 750GB + 750GB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – remains at $299.99
• 1.0TB + 1.0TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – remains at $319.99
• 1.5TB + 1.5TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – remains at $399.99
• 2.0TB + 2.0TB Mirror 7200RPM w/64MB total Data Buffer – now $519.99 (a $30 Price Drop)

Solutions all include connecting cables for FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB, and eSATA + Intech HD Speedtools Utility Suite for Apple OS X, Prosoft DataBackup III – Full retail application for Apple OS X ($59 retail value), NovaStor NovaBackup – Full Retail Application for Windows ($49 retail value), everything you need to plug and play and go. Solutions are further backed by a full THREE YEAR NewerTech Solution Warranty.

Also Available – do it yourself GMAX RAID-1:
0GB Kit – build your own Guardian Mirror available now $139.99 (an $8 price drop) – software bundle & cables included.

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