FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OWC Rolls Out Industry-Leading Extended Warranties On Award-Winning High Capacity FireWire/USB 2.0 Storage Solutions

Up to triple the warranty term coverage on Mercury On-The-Go(tm), Mercury Elite-Al Pro(tm), Mercury Elite Pro Classic(tm) and Neptune lines

September 2, 2008, Woodstock, IL -- Other World Computing (OWC(r)) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac(r) and PC technology company, today announced it will increase warranty coverage by up to triple the duration on its award-winning FireWire(r)/USB 2.0 storage solution line.

OWC Lines extending to 3-year warranty coverage:
* Mercury On-The-Go Bus Powered Portable Solutions from 1 year to 3-year warranty
* Mercury Elite-AL Pro Single Drive Storage Solutions from 2 year to 3 year warranty
* Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive Storage Solutions from 2 year to 3 year warranty
* Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID and Mirror Solutions from 2 year to 3 year warranty
* Mercury Elite Pro Classic Portable Solutions from 2 year to 3 year warranty

OWC Lines extending to 2-year warranty coverage:
* OWC Neptune "Value Done Right" Single Drive Storage Solution from 1 year to 2 year warranty

Extended warranties are for preconfigured storage solutions, including enclosure and drive.

Added Value For Diverse Product Line

New extended warranties bring even more value to the OWC Mercury and Neptune storage solutions, which feature a model for every external storage need:

* Mercury On-The-Go, the largest capacity bus-powered pocket sized drive on the market, with up to 500GB of capacity, is a palm-sized performer that weighs less than 11 ounce in a sleek, impact resistant clear acrylic enclosure. The On-The-Go is built with the latest reliable, high-performance drive mechanisms and interfaced with OWC's custom bridge solution featuring the Oxford 924 chipset. Works with all FireWire and USB digital cameras, camcorders, as well as both Macs and PCs, for an instant on-the-go portable storage solution to quickly and safely store digital photos and video while on the road.  

* Mercury Elite-AL Pro Storage Solution line offers Plug and Play external hard drive storage solutions for any Mac or PC, with capacities from 500GB-2.0TB, available in single drive, dual drive and RAID options. Available in USB, FireWire and eSATA connectivity options, the Elite-AL line offers users the capacity and connectivity choices to suit their needs, in a sleek, aluminum enclosure with shock resistant design and super quiet operation.

* Mercury Elite Pro Classic Portable Solutions, available in 80GB to 500GB options, with USB and FireWire connectivity choices, are proven performers, featuring cool blue activity indicator LED, U.S./ International 90 ~ 240v AutoSwitching power supplies, super quiet operation, and all connection cables included.  These Mac and PC compatible solutions are fully suitable for audio/video applications with up to 16MB of drive cache memory and the best FireWire and USB chipsets on the market.

* OWC Neptune line of 'Value Done Right' external storage solutions, are the perfect match of economy and performance with 7200 RPM 80 GB to 1.0TB hard disk capacity, two FireWire 400 ports, and up to 32MB of data cache. Perfect for audio/video, gaming, music, photography, and backup, all Neptune external solutions feature the same industry leading Oxford chipset and heavy-duty power supplies available in OWC's higher-end Mercury Elite storage line.

All OWC Mercury and Neptune external storage solutions are Leopard(r) Time Machine(tm) ready and include a $200 retail value utility software bundle consisting of ProSoft Engineering(r) Data Backup 3, NovaStor NovaBACKUP(r), and Intech(r) SpeedTools Utilities(tm) software.

Photo of OWC Elite-AL, Mercury On-The-Go, Mercury Elite Pro Classic and Neptune lines : http://macsales.com/images/OWCwarrantypr_0808.jpg

For more information on the Mercury On-The-Go, Mercury Elite-Al Pro, Mercury Elite Pro Classic and Neptune lines, see:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/

About Other World Computing (OWC)

Other World Computing (OWC) has been providing quality hardware products and support to the computer industry since 1988.  The Illinois based company operates the popular e-commerce portal www.MacSales.com which features one of the largest online catalogs of computer and iPod(r) enhancement products, including Mercury, Neptune, and NewerTech(r) acceleration, storage, and FireWire product lines. OWC is also a strategic partner with Axiotron and exclusive US distributor of the award winning Axiotron Modbook(tm).

Contact:
Eileen Millard
Other World Computing PR
(815) 333-5023
Eileen@macsales.com