Intel’s new 520 Series SSD benchmarked: Easy on the battery, great data protection and compression features
Intel announced today the new 520 Series solid-state storage code-named “Cherryville” and a number of tech websites and blogs already have their reviews up. The Verge has a nice review round-up, and MacWorld’s own review provides an extensive overview of the pros and cons of the device. Fabbed on Intel’s 25nm Multi-Level Cell process, the...
Review – Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD in MacBook Pro
by Gerd N., OWC Customer There are very compelling reasons to upgrade your current MacBook Pro. While my MacBook Pro is still a 2011 model with 8GB of RAM, I always felt that it could be a bit faster. Even with the 7200RPM Toshiba drive fitted, IO oper...
Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I boot from a RAM disk?
Dear Aunt TUAW, I would like to run Mac OS X 10.6.7 off a RAM disk, for better performance/security while browsing the World Wide Web (I don't want to save the image with all those gnarly cookie crumbs to disk). I understand that a family living down ...
Come See us at Macworld!
After announcing all our great new products to the industry at CES, we’re now bringing them to the people! We’ll be at Macworld | iWorld Expo in San Francisco (January 26-28, at the Moscone Center) at Booth #513. If you’re attending the sh...
Ask TUAW: How do I setup a Mac with both an SSD and a regular hard drive?
Reader Mark R. Friedman wrote in to ask about setting up a Mac Pro with an SSD in the second optical drive, keeping the /Users folder on another drive; he wasn't sure how to do it. Macworld just discussed one method, using the built-in home folder pa...
OWC supercharges storage for MacBook Air, Mac Pro, and enterprise
Long-time Mac peripheral and accessory maker Other World Computing made a number of new product announcements throughout the last week at CES. Ars spoke to company representatives on the show floor about several new product......
OWC Gives a Sneak Peek at new PCIe SSD Card
While we are not in the habit of announcing products before they’re ready to launch, we decided to let the lid off of this one a little early, as it is quite exciting. We’d like to introduce you to our new PCIe-based SSD. This card has a “stackab...
Newer Technology Announces miniStack Max As Industry’s First Four-in-One Storage, Access, And Connectivity Solution
Newer Technology, Inc. today announced the miniStack Max, the latest version of its award-winning quad-interface powered hub storage solution. Offering Plug and Play ease of use with Macs or PCs thanks to five interfaces—USB 3.0, USB 2.0, FireWire ...
First Garage Sale of the Year!
Well, it’s a busy, busy, busy time of year for us. We’re winding down from the holidays, we’ve got a lot of products being released/announced at CES, and we’re looking forward to Macworld, too. However, we’ve always got time for a great deal,...
OWC Highlights Depth and Breadth of Highly Rated Mercury SSD Line at CES
Committed to leading the personal, SMB, and Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) industry, Other World Computing announced today that it will highlight its broad line of award-winning SSDs in its booth #5231 in the LVCC North Hall during the Consumer El...
New OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G 480GB SSD Offers Up To 3x Faster Performance And 8x More Storage Capacity For Apple MacBook Air
Other World Computing announced today its OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD is now available in a 480GB model size for the latest Apple MacBook Air 11.1″ and 13.3″ models which incorporate 6G (6Gb/s) data rate capabilities. The new Merc...
