OWC Speeds Up 2.5-inch Portable Drives

By Nick Mokey Published June 26, 2008

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Notebook users looking for tiny portable drives that pack both capacity and performance have one more option today thanks to Other World Computing: the first 2.5-inch 320GB drive that spins at a desktop-like 7200RPM.

OWC used a TravelStar drive from Hitachi and added a slick transparent enclosure to turn it into a portable storehouse in its Mercury On-the-Go line. The bus-powered (either USB 2.0 or FireWire) design also eliminates the need for an AC adapter, so you can quite literally drop it in your pocket and go.

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The new drives run from $239.99 (for the simple USB 2.0-powered version) up to $279.99 (for a version that includes FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and USB 2.0 connections.) Other drives in the same 11-ounce form factor can be had down to 40GB or up to 500GB in capacity.

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