April 12, 2011 Woodstock, IL -- Other World Computing (OWC®)
http://www.macsales.com, a leading zero emissions Mac® and PC technology company, today announced its soon to be shipping OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD,
the next generation of OWC SandForce® Driven™ SATA Revision 3.0 6Gb/s Solid State Drives, has been pre-release provided to four leading performance benchmarking websites: The SSD Review, MacPerformanceGuide, Barefeats, and Tweaktown.
With sustained data rates over 500MB/s, the new OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD allows users to unleash the true capabilities of their SATA 6G enabled Macs and PCs, while still delivering the award-winning performance and reliability the original Extreme Pro offers in SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3.0Gb/s bus interface equipped machines.
Three Capacities Offered Starting At $319.99
The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD will be offered in the following capacity configurations with availability dates to be announced on the product’s official release date of April 15th:
These three new models join OWC’s existing line of SATA 1.5/3.0 interface Mercury Extreme Pro SSDs that are
available in capacities from 40GB to 480GB, offer options for ‘legacy’ IDE/ATA desktop and notebook owners, and offer the only MacBook Air SSD option on the market priced
starting from $99.97.
For more information on the complete line of OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSDs, visit:http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/
Preliminary Testing Reveals Gains Up To 77%
To determine the true capabilities of the SandForce SF-2281 processor in a 6Gb/s interface computer, the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G was Quickbench tested by OWC engineers in a 2011 MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.3GHz model. With
506MB/s read and 464MB/s write transfer rates, the new Pro 6G SSD offers
up to 77% faster performance in 6Gb/s interface equipped Macs and PCs versus 3.0Gb/s interface equipped machines.
In the critical 4K random read and write tests, up to 60,000 IOPS –
an improvement of 20% - is attainable. These cutting edge speeds dramatically improve the performance of demanding uses such as High Definition video streaming, large Photoshop file rendering, as well as other disk intensive processes that bog down standard SSDs and hard disk drives.
Four Leading Sites To Certify Pre-Release Performance
Built upon the award-winning lineage of the Mercury Extreme Pro line, the new Pro 6G line will be thoroughly pre-release tested by the following four leading Mac and PC performance benchmarking sites:
Full Specification Listings Highlights Quality Difference
Continuing its commitment to ethical business practices, OWC lists a full array of detailed specifications for each SSD model, so that every customer, from typical everyday users to IT level professionals, is able to quickly and easily determine the quality difference with which every OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD
is built.
“We’re very pleased to have four of the best performance testing websites ready to put our latest and greatest SSD through its paces,” said Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. “We’re quite confident that these experts will find the Extreme Pro 6G to be the new speed, reliability, and quality standard of SSD by which all others will be measured.”
About Other World Computing (OWC)
Other World Computing (OWC) has been providing quality hardware products and support to the computer industry since 1988 and features one of the largest online catalogs of computer, iPod®, iPhone®, and iPad® enhancement products through its e-commerce portal www.macsales.com. As a member of the Apple Developer Program, OWC also provides extensive US based technical support for Macintosh users around the world as well as Internet access via
www.fastermac.net and
www.owc.net
OWC’s industry awards and recognition include:
Crain’s Chicago Business 2009 “Fast 50” List of 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Chicago Area;
Inc. 5,000 “Fastest Growing Privately Owned Companies in America” list honoree 2007-2010;
Reseller Ratings Elite Member 2009 & 2010;
Better Business Bureau Top Rating of A+ 2010;
Reflex Packaging Commitment to Excellence Recycling Award 2009;
Computerworld Magazine Top Green-IT Companies for 2008; and
McHenry County Economic Development Corporation 2008 Business Champion Award.
In March 2010, OWC’s corporate campus was designated as LEED® Platinum by the Green Building Certification Institute (
http://eshop.macsales.com/green/index.html). Platinum is the highest achievable LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Program level, which began in 1998. Out of more than 14,000 LEED projects engaged worldwide since the program's inception, OWC is one of less than three hundred to achieve the Platinum standard. In September 2010, OWC’s headquarters earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR® rating for building operations that perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency.
Company Contact:
Bill Herring
512-412-4009
bherring@macsales.com
Agency Contact:
Andy Marken
408-986-0100
andy@markencom.com
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