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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see a youtube clip of someone using a Mac Pro to grate cheese.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieX]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 2:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[You could use it to strain pasta and then grate cheese right after. If only it could grate a tin can or a shoe, Mr. Popeil might have some competition.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 2:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually i don't think that will even run on a Mac...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Anderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 2:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[I prefer the My Book World Edition from Western Digital.  It has an ethernet port for network access, plus it runs about $100 less.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Preston]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 2:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Oxford 924 is a high quality chipset - definitely one of my favorites for external enclosures, even if it isn't cheap.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erwos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 3:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn...I was thinking of getting one of those until I read $600. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ark_v2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 3:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately the stated transfer rates are completely outside the specifications for any hard drive you can install in this case. You'll need a striped array to get rates to justify the numbers and a Firewire 800 connection.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 3:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone familiar with OWC drives? I've used their memory, but never their drives. I'm interested in a 350gb+ maybe 500gb drive that is G5 friendly. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Lyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 3:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is a great little ext HD - $50, see links:<br><a href="http://www.american-media.com/product/external/ds/DS_2316SU2BK.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.american-media.com/product/external/ds/DS_2316SU2BK.pdf</a><br>bought her at NewEgg:<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145657" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145657</a><br><br>Just throw in whatever drive you have lying around....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick (the original Rick)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 6:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have an OWC 300 GB and a 500 GB (got the 300 around 3 or 4 years ago).  Both work great.  One is for doing a total image backup (SuperDuper!) of my system, the other is just extra storage space (well, it was.  My iMac has the 500 GB drive, heh).<br><br>I have the Neptune <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/owc-neptune-drives/" rel="nofollow">http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/owc-neptune-drives/</a><br><br>Not as "cool" looking, but cheaper and all I need is FW400.  I've recommended them to others in the past.  Hope that helps.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 4:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh, guess I should also mention that I've used both of those drives a G4 iMac, G4 iBook and an Intel iMac.  So They should work just as well with your G5 :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 4:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can get a cheaper enclosure at cooldrives.com and install your own 1TB drive (or 750GB) to save $100. or more<br><br><a href="http://cooldrives.com/fi800andusb21.html" rel="nofollow">http://cooldrives.com/fi800andusb21.html</a><br><a href="http://cooldrives.com/esata-firewire-800-enclosure-case-external.html" rel="nofollow">http://cooldrives.com/esata-firewire-800-enclosure-case-external.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bdo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 3:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Excellent man, thanks for the info :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Lyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 5:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[That Oxford 924 chip is about the only one I trust for boot drives, so I can understand some of the expense.  I have been stung by the chips in the Bytec cases especially.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 5:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder if this thing will get all dusty and overheat, causing fun crashing times like with my G5. Worst rev 1 ever?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 7:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on OWC's Mercury Elite-AL Pro "Quad Interface" 1TB external drive]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/owcs-mercury-elite-al-pro-quad-interface-1tb-external-drive/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've had a bunch of OWC external hard drives.  Usually firewire 400 plus USB flavor but lately they've had 800.  None have failed and I gift them to family members as I buy bigger for myself (currently 400 without SATA).   I use them on PPC and Intel macs and Dell PC's.  I've used carbon copy cloner and superduper and Ghost.  They are quiet.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 11:54PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
