Although I'm not a Mac/Apple guy by anyone's standards, I will be
the first one to admit that there are some very cool stuff on the
Mac side of the world. Mac fan or not, I think most people love
Mac's style and unbeatable quality. So what in the world is a PC
overclocking website doing talking about Macs? It's simple really,
there are some very cool products on the other side that were
originally intended for the Mac, but have also been designed to work
with the PC. One such product line is external hard drives. Just
recently I received an offer from a company called
Other World
Computing, which is devoted almost entirely to the Mac side of the
computing industry. Other World Computing is Located in Woodstock
Illinois and is a leading retailer in Macintosh and PC upgrades and
peripherals serving all of North America and international markets
since 1988. OWC has a great reputation, but let's take a look at one
of their products and see for ourselves. Today we are testing OCW's
1 Terabyte Mercury Elite-AL Pro external hard drive that comes
equipped with ports for eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB
2.0.
| Product
Specifications: |
| Chipset: |
- Oxford Semiconductor 924 (OXUF924DS)
|
| Interfaces Supported: |
- eSATA
- FireWire 800 (1394B)
- FireWire 400 (1394a)
- USB 2.0
- USB 1.1
|
| Drive Rotation Speed: |
7200 RPM |
| Data Buffer: |
32 Megabyte (32,768k) |
| Port Configuration: |
- eSATA - 1 port
- FireWire 800 - (2) 9 pin ports
- FireWire 400 - (1) 6 pin port
- USB 2.0/1.1 - (1) 5 pin port
|
Maximum Data
Transfer Rate: |
- eSATA - 1.5 Gbit/s (or 150 MB/sec)
- FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
- FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)
- USB 2.0 - 480Mbps (or 60MB/sec)
- USB 1.1 - 12Mbps (or 1.5MB/sec)
|
Macintosh System
Requirements: |
- eSATA:
Macintosh with eSATA PCI Interface card. eSATA requires
Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
- FireWire 800: Macintosh with FireWire 800
interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire
800 card. FireWire 800 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
- FireWire 400: Macintosh with FireWire 400
interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI FireWire
400 card. FireWire 400 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later.
- USB 2.0: Macintosh with USB 2.0 3rd party PCI
FireWire interface card running Mac OS 10.1 or later.
USB 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
- USB 1.1: Macintosh with USB 1.1 interface,
either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 1.1 card. USB
1.1 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later.
|
Windows System
Requirements: |
- eSATA:
Windows system with eSATA PCI Interface, either built in
or via 3rd party PCI eSATA card. eSATA requires Windows
2000 or XP.
- FireWire 800: Windows system with FireWire
800 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI
FireWire 800 card. FireWire 800 requires Microsoft
Windows 2000 or XP.
- FireWire 400: Windows system with FireWire
400 interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI
FireWire 400 card. FireWire 400 requires Windows ME,
2000 or XP.
- USB 2.0: Windows system with USB 2.0
interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 2.0
card. USB 2.0 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.
- USB 1.1: Windows system with USB 1.1
interface, either built in or via 3rd party PCI USB 1.1
card. USB 1.1 requires Windows ME, 2000 or XP.
|
| Software Included: |
|
| Power Supply: |
100-240v 50/60hz US/International Auto
Switching |
| External Case Dimensions: |
9.3" x 1.4" x 5.6" (237mm x 36mm x
142mm) |
Drive Weight
(no accessories): |
Approximately 3.0 pounds (1.36kg) |
| Operating
Environment: |
| Temperature: |
(operating) 5°C - 55°C (41°F - 131°F)
(non-operating) -40°C - 65°C (-40°F - 149°F) |
| Relative humidity: |
(operating) 8% - 90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing) |
| Shock: |
(operating) 65G 2mS; (non-operating)
175G 2mS |
| Vibration: |
(operating) 1.0G (5 - 300Hz)
(non-operating) 5.0G (5 - 500Hz) |
| MTBF: |
More than 500,000 power-on hours |
| Warranty: |
Two Year Repair/Replacement Warranty- In
addition to OWC's Warranty, the Hitachi Deskstar mechanism
inside this solution has an additional 3 years warranty
direct with Hitachi.
Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your OWC solution
prior to
the conclusion OWC's 2 years Warranty period. Doing so will
void the
remainder of the OWC warranty. |
| Standard mechanism: |
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 |
