FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Other World Computing Pushes CD-RW Envelope
With Mercury Pro 52x-Speed FireWire Solutions
WOODSTOCK, Ill. January 21, 2003 Other World Computing (OWC), a leading provider of products and services for the Macintosh marketplace, has introduced two new CD-RW external FireWire drives that operate at 52x speeds and allow users to burn CDs in less than 90 seconds.
These new 52-speed CD-RW solutions are further proof of our commitment at Other World Computing to continually bring the best and fastest solutions to market with exceptional value in mind, said Larry OConnor, president of OWC. We continue to try and push the technological envelope. We introduced our first 48-speed CD-RWs in November the Mercury Pro 48x12x48 and enhanced them in December by pushing the capabilities to 48x24x48. Now weve brought our first two 52-speed CD-RW drives to market. As with all of our Mercury Pro solutions, the Mercury Pro 52x24x52X CD-RW FireWire external solutions offer true plug & play technology and make CD creation easier than ever.
The new 52x-speed Mercury Pro drives are compatible with both Macintosh and Windows-based systems with FireWire or USB support, and feature Lite-On SMART-BURN technology. Each drive ships with 25 pieces of CD-R media, one piece of CD-RW media, Roxio Toast Lite 5.2.x and all connecting cables.
The Mercury Pro 52X CD-RWs write to industry standard 550MB (63 min.), 650MB (74 min.) and 700MB (80 min.) discs, respectively, and are capable of over-burn writes of up to 99 minutes. This functionality gives users the ability to manage large back-up jobs, archive data, make music CDs that are playable in any standard CD player, or create, edit and rewrite a variety of data formats to the discs many times over.
The Mercury Pro 52X CD-RW FireWire external solution is available today for $159.99 (USD). The FireWire/USB 2.0/1.1 version of the Mercury Pro 52X CD-RW solution is available for $179.99. The Mercury Pro 48x24x48 CD-RW FireWire external solutions are also available at prices starting at $139.99. All three CD-RW solutions are available exclusively through OWC at www.macsales.com.
About Other World Computing
Other World Computing (OWC) has been providing quality computer hardware products and support to the Macintosh universe since 1988. The Woodstock, Illinois-based company operates the popular Macsales.com Web site, which features one of the largest online catalogs of Macintosh upgrade products, including OWC's own Mercury product line. Along with its proprietary XPostFacto, which allows select pre-G3 computers to run Mac OS X, OWC is an Apple Certified Developer, and provides extensive technical support for Macintosh users around the world. OWC also owns and operates OWC.Net, an Internet Service Provider offering dial-up and broadband services to the greater Chicago area.