OWC 2.5 inch Mercury Extreme Pro Series SATA300

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Pros:

Significant performance increase—video-encoding time cut in half.

Cons:

High cost per gigabyte, particularly at the top end.

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Last revision on September 16, 2011

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Significant performance increase—video-encoding time cut in half

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High cost per gigabyte, particularly at the top end

Expert reviews and ratings

Power users can rejoice at the speed and performance increase this SSD delivers, but file hoarders should opt for something with a bit more room -- and that’s more wallet-friendly. Product Mercury Extreme Pro SSD Company OWC Contact ...

By Mac|Life on April 19, 2011

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The compelling advantages to internal SSD drives include speed, battery life, and shock resistance. The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD is a solid drive that performs well. Mercury Extreme Pro SSDVery fast.Quiet.Increases battery life.OWC Data...

By MacNN on January 13, 2011

The 120GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro proved to be very fast in our tests, consistently ranking at or near the top in our benchmarks. It excelled in our real world tests, ranking #1 out of the SandForce models in our HTPC and Productivity traces, but...

By StorageReview on August 09, 2010

The single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is indeed the traditional plattered hard drive, and using an SSD in your system will make such a difference that you'll want to cry if faced with having to use an HDD afterwards. No exaggeration, the...

By Pureoverclock on August 04, 2010

Please note that this conclusion has been modified on launch date after it became apparent that the actual retail price of the Mercury was indeed much lower than our research had shown. We apologize for any confusion.Admittedly, we and the market in...

By Hardware Canucks on July 22, 2010