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OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - btfc - 12-03-2009
http://www.macworld.com/article/144722/2009/12/owc_mercury_mini.html?lsrc=rss_main
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - lazydays - 12-03-2009
Sure, right after I buy three drives...
They look nice!
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - jdc - 12-03-2009
i just wish they were $50 cheaper.
2.5" crappy USB 2 case is $10, good USB 2 case is $20 and a good FW400 case is $35. But a FW800 case is $100...?
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - DRR - 12-03-2009
jdc wrote:
i just wish they were $50 cheaper.
2.5" crappy USB 2 case is $10, good USB 2 case is $20 and a good FW400 case is $35. But a FW800 case is $100...?
It's not as much the case as it is the the bridge board.
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - tahoedrew - 12-03-2009
DRR wrote:
It's not as much the case as it is the the bridge board.
And as far as bridge boards go, you get what you pay for!
~A
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - Zoidberg - 12-03-2009
tahoedrew wrote:
And as far as bridge boards go, you get what you pay for!
Amen to that. It's why I always go to OWC for this equipment, and always recommend it. Jamie is a sadist when it comes to testing drives and their appurtenances, so if they're selling it, I know what kind of ringer it's been put through.
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - Gareth - 12-03-2009
This is also the only case I know of that has two FW800 ports and separate eSATA and USB ports, and I'm assuming it'll fit 12.5mm drives (since it is pre-packaged with 750GB drives).
Even Wiebetech's case uses a combo eSATA/USB port which means you have to use a non-standard A-A USB cable if you need to use USB.
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - Silencio - 12-04-2009
At 1.1" in height, it had better fit the 12.5mm drives. That's pretty gosh darned tall for a 2.5" drive case.
My current portable drive is a Rocstor 9cx that's about 0.5" tall. Doesn't have an eSATA port, but I like that it has both a FW400 and FW800 port in addition to a standard mini USB port.
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - Winston - 12-04-2009
I think they are expensive too. But it's nice that there is some competition for G-Drive minis. I never have liked the clear OWC portable drives.
Good luck.
- Winston
Re: OWC introduces new Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini portable hard drive - jdc - 12-04-2009
I semi understand its the bridge board... and although my 2.5" WD 400 gig FW800 portable drive only has one FW800 port, I only paid $99 for the whole dang thing...
and I have never cared for the clear cases either, they have had them for at least 10 years?
and fwiw, I have a few of the 3.5" AL IDE FW800 cases, the construction is stellar.