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Other World Computing (OWC) is proud to announce another addition to its popular line of Mercury Elite external storage solutions – the AL series.

These new drives, in capacities of 80 to 800 Gigabytes (GB) and priced from $129.99, use the same Oxford based bridge solutions as the existing Mercury Elite Line, except in a new modern, all aluminum case.

“You get a hot new look but with the same cool performance and reliability you’ve come to expect from our Elites. It doesn’t get any better than that,” said Larry O’Connor, President of OWC. “We’ve seen a lot of requests for a design that matches up to Apple’s aluminum style and our new Elite-AL is our answer to that.”

Four versions of the drives are immediately available:

• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 400 + USB2 Combo Solutions in capacities of 80 to 400GB with prices starting at $129.99
• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400 Solutions in capacities of 80 to 400GB with prices starting at $149.99
• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400 + USB2 Combo Solutions in capacities of 80 to 400GB with prices starting at $159.99
• OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400 RAID Solutions in capacities of 160 to 800GB with prices starting at $249.99

“These drives are sleek, fast, and totally plug-and-play,” O’Connor said. “Perfect for the most demanding Audio/Video work, music creation, data storage and more. These drives have also received Dantz/EMC Retrospect Backup Certification for our customer’s full confidence when it comes to the safety of their stored data.”

All Elite-AL Pro models are covered by a two-year warranty and include Dantz/EMC Retrospect Backup, Intech Hard Disk SpeedTools and all connecting cables. The drives also are compatible with Apple OS X 10.1 and later(including ‘Tiger’), Windows 98SE and later, Linux. Apple OS X 10.2.8 or later or Windows 2000 or later are required for FireWire 800 performance.

The full line can be viewed at www.macsales.com/firewire.