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Price cuts on Mercury Elite AL-Pro Quad Interface (FW800/400/eSATA/USB 2.0) drives
(from site sponsor OWC)

"OWC Mercury Elite AL-Pro FireWire 800/400/USB2/eSATA 'Quad Interface' provide maximum performance and reliability for your demanding Audio/Video, Backup(perfect for Time Machine), Music, Photography, general data, movies, and more. With two FireWire 800 ports, one FireWire 400 port, one USB 2.0 port, and one eSATA port - this solution also gives you the maximum flexibility in making use of whichever interface that best serves is available on any of the computers you may use the Elite-AL Pro 'Quad' with. The Elite-AL Pro places Vertically or Horizontally and has dimensions of 9.0 x 2.1 x 5.8 Inches. Performance, High Reliability - in an amazingly small physical space. 2 Year Solution Warranty with Up to an additional 3 Years Factory Warranty on the hard drive inside.
ALL OWC Mercury Elite-AL Single Drive Solutions now include the award winning Prosoft DataBackup II for OS X ($59.95 retail value) and the award winning NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows ($49.95 retail value) - full retail versions. Current Solution pricing online now:
  • 250GB 7200RPM w/8MB cache now $159.99 ($10 Drop)
  • 320GB 7200RPM w/16MB cache now $169.99 ($16 Drop)
  • 400GB 7200RPM w/16MB cache now $179.99 ($20 Drop)
  • 500GB 7200RPM w/16MB cache now $199.99 ($18 Drop)
  • 750GB 7200RPM w/16MB cache now $279.99 ($20 Drop)
  • 1.0TB(1000GB) 7200RPM w/32MB Data Buffer now $395.99 ($58 Drop) - $365.99 After $30 Rebate!
    Now and until March 19th, $30 per Elite-AL 1.0TB, for up to 5 per customer is available via Hitachi Mail-In Rebate form: http://eshop.macsales.com/images/Items/08-10324_1TBsingle.pdf

    Also Available: OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad Interface' Enclosure Kit (add your own hard drive) for $109.99"

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    Scanners with OS X Leopard Feedback/Tips page updated
    I've updated the page of Scanners with OS X Leopard - Feedback, Tips/Tricks a CanoScan LiDE 500F owner's notes his problems were solved by following the steps/tips in an earlier post from a Canon 9950F owner (on software install order, etc.)
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    2008 Mac Pro owner feedback/tips page updated
    I've added 4 more reports to the 2008 Mac Pro feedback page, including more comments on FW/USB devices, restart on wake from sleep notes/tips, etc.
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    OWC Clearance/Garage Sale page updated
    (from site sponsor OWC)

    "There are now over 240 different items available on our Clearance page. We are now in the process of moving to our new headquarters and in this process definitely coming up with some extra goodies to clear out. First come first served as always on these Open Box, Refurb, Overstocked, End of life/discontinued products. Quantities limited to stock on hand and system automatically restricts/counts units down in best effort to prevent overselling.
    Some categories with new/hot deals:

    Apple G3, G4, G4 Dual Processor Upgrades from $2.75 up to Dual G4/1.7GHz

    Some iBook G3s from $41.50 - from Fixer Ups to ready to roll

    Memory listings:
    1.0GB Apple OEM SODIMM 667MHz for MacBooks/iMac/Mac mini - $ 19.75
    1.0GB Apple OEM 512MB x 2 Mac Pro Kit 667MHZ FB-DIMMs ECC - $ 57.25
    2.0GB Apple OEM 1.0GB x 2 Mac Pro Kit 800MHz FB-DIMMs ECC - $107.50
    & More

    FireWire/USB2/eSATA Enclosures:
    NewerTech miniStack FireWire+USB2 Kits for 3.5" HDs from $43.75
    OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Enclosure Kits for 3.5" HDs from $45.75
    More 3.5" Kits from $29.50 - including high-end RAID boxes
    2.5" Enclosure Kits from $25.00

    ATI Radeon MacEdition Video Cards from $89.99, Rage Pro for $9.99

    Apple 2.5" Notebook SATA HDs from $42.75

    Variety of 3.5" IDE/ATA and SATA HDs up to 1.0TB from $47.50

    Mac Hard Drive Controller cards from $45.00

    Wireless Networking from $25, 802.11n Adapters & Routers from $45.00

    A wide variety of name brand iPod cases from $3.50

    And a whole lot more.... Over 240 different items now listed! See the full list online here: http://eshop.macsales.com/search/OWC.Garage.Sale"

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    G5 Tower Random Shutdowns/Tips page updated
    Another report added to the page of Feedback on G5 Tower Random Shutdowns noting that running "Reduced" performance Energy Saver option has been his workaround for years (old tip there) and unlike one reader, togging back to Highest Performance did not help (later resulted in problems booting.)
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    OWC SPECIALS!
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    = MEMORY =
    4GB (2x2GB) Mac Pro RAM (800MHz) $175!

    4GB (2x2GB) Mac Pro RAM (667MHz) $145!

    4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 for 2008 iMacs $109.75

    2GB PC2-5300 SODIMM $45.75

    2x2GB PC2-5300 SODIMMs $90.05

    2x1GB DDR400 DIMMs $79.50!

    512MB PC-133 SDRAM $38.50!

    = WIRELESS =
    802.11N/g/b PCI, PCMCIA or USB adapters under $50
    802.11N/G/B Router $65

    = TV TUNERS/DVR =
    ElGato Turbo.264 $77.50!

    Miglia TVMicro Express $37.50!

    = CPU UPGRADES =
    G3 1GHz ZIF upgrade $125!

    OWC G4/1.2GHz w/2MB L3 $195!

    7448 1.8GHz $325!

    7447A 1.6GHz $225!

    = HARD DRIVES =
    FAST Samsung F1 1TB $198.25!

    Samsung F1 750GB $125!

    500GB Drives from $88!

    750GB Drives from $125!

    1TB SATA HDs from $198.25!

    EliteAL eSATA/FW800/400/USB 2.0 Case Kit w/SW $79

    = NOTEBOOK HDs =
    160GB 2.5in HDs from $69.50!

    250GB 2.5in HDs from $100!

    320GB 2.5in SATA HD $122.75!

    320GB 7200RPM Firewire Drive $117.50!

    = GRAPHICS CARDS =
    ATI 9800 Pro AGP $205!

    ATI X1900 G5/PCIe $297.50!

    ATI 9600 Mac/PC AGP $179!


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