"New OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FW400+USB2 Pricing, drops of up to $30. The Mecury Elite-AL Pro FW400/USB2 solution line now offers up to 1.0TB of reliable, performance storage with plug and play, interoperable connectivity via its 2 FireWire 400 and 1 USB 2.0 ports. The sleek aluminum design is also very compact with measurements of 9.0 x 2.1 x 5.8 Inches, can be placed horizontally or stood vertically + dissipates internal heat without the need of any fan. Key features of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL FireWire 400 + USB2 Solutions include:

Oxford 934SSA based performance bridge solution

Two 1394A Pin 6 Pin FW400 Ports, One USB 2.0 Port

FireWire 400, and USB 2.0 Cables included

Up to 32MB Buffer, Audio/Video Certified

Compact, shock resistant Aluminum design

Industry Leading 2 Year Solution Warranty

Up to an additional 3 Years Factory Warranty on the hard drive inside.

Current Pricing (May 6th, 2008):

80GB w/8MB Cache now $104.99

160GB w/8MB Cache now $114.99

250GB w/8MB Cache now $124.99

320GB w/16MB Cache now $137.99

400GB w/16MB Cache now $157.99

500GB w/16MB Cache remains $169.99

750GB w/32MB Cache now $199.99 ($20 Drop)

1.0TB w/32MB Cache now $299.99 ($30 Drop)
The 1.0TB Elite-AL Pro FireWire 400+USB2 solution is also eligible for the $30 Hitachi Rebate to make for a final cost of $269.99. The Rebate is valid for customers in the USA through May 23rd. Rebate form with details here: http://eshop.macsales.com/images/Items/08-17201_single.pdf.

ALL OWC Mercury Elite-AL Single Drive Solutions now include full retail versions of award winning Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X (a $59.95 retail value) and NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows (a $49.95 retail value). Great software we're pleased to be bundling with our great solutions!
Best Regards,
Lawrence O'Connor
Other World Computing"

As a FYI the site specials page today also had price cuts on 4GB Kit (2x2GB) 800MHz Mac Pro ram (now $175) and 4.0GB (2x2GB) Kit for 2008 (penryn) iMacs (now $109.75 as of May 8th) - prices change over time so check links for current pricing.

DVD+R/RW + DVD-R/RW Drives:
• IDE Lite-On DH-20A4P in iMac G4 (OS X 10.4.x)
• IDE Pioneer DVR-115D in (Digital Audio) G4/AGP (OS X 10.4.x)
  (includes notes on benchmarks and using modified OS 9.x burn support file. Drive connected to ATA/66 interface vs ATA/3 - using PCI card for HDs)
• IDE Pioneer DVR-112D in (Digital audio) G4/AGP (OS X 10.5.x)
  (noted failure to read CDs after appx 1 year of use - either failed laser or dirty lens, the former I suspect)

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