OWC Lowers Prices of 1.8-Inch SSDs for Notebooks and Netbooks

Other World Computing (OWC) has lowered it prices by up to $50 on three of its OWC Mercury Pro SSDs: The Mercury Aura Pro MBA for 2008/2009 MacBook Air, the Mercury Legacy Pro for all notebooks that use a 2.5" IDE/ATA drive, and the Mercury Aura Pro 1.8" for netbooks, subnotebooks, and special applications that utilize a 1.8" SATA drive.

Pricing For SandForce-Based OWC Mercury SSDs:

Mercury Aura Pro MBA for 2008/2009 MacBook Air

• Up to 41x faster than factory hard drive models & over 3x faster than factory SSD models
• Up to 4x more capacity than original factory SSD option
• Up to 100x higher reliability than hard drives

• Now available 40GB – $149.99
• 60GB was $199.99, now $179.99
• 120GB was $299.99, now $279.99
• 240GB was $579.99, now $529.99

Mercury Legacy Pro for Mac and PC notebooks
that use a 2.5" IDE/ATA drive

• Up to 41x faster than factory hard drives
• Up to 100x higher reliability than hard drives

• Now available 40GB – $149.99
• 60GB was $199.99, now $179.99
• 120GB was $299.99, now $279.99
• 240GB was $579.99, now $529.99

Mercury Aura Pro 1.8" For special applications,
netbooks & subnotebooks that utilize a 1.8" drive

• Up to 275MB/s data rates
• Up to 16x more capacity than original factory hard drive option
• Up to 100x higher reliability than hard drives

• Now available 40GB – $119.99
• 60GB was $179.99, now $149.99
• 120GB was $279.99, now $259.99
• 240GB was $549.99, now $499.99