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OWC 1.0TB Mercury Electra 3G SSD, 2.5" Serial-ATA 7mm Solid State Drive

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Pros

Owc ssd works great. Works great, and my boot up and read/write times are markedly improved. The 10 year old mbp runs well and boot times are better than when new. It boots almost instantaneously now.

Company knows macs. Used these ssd on my daw running logic, it's a mac pro cylinder computer. Brought an imac back from near death. Would purchase again for mac product.

But, the customer service at owc is superb. Always fits my needs.

Yo compre dos discos iguales. Instale uno en un macbook de finales of 2009 en donde fue simplemente conectarlo e instalar el macos. Mi mac mini y yo agradecemos a owc this excelente producto.

Cons

None of my files could be recovered. Do not purchase this drive. Lost all the information.

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Quality

Works beautifully and the additional speed of the ssd make the old mac mini boot and run like a newer machine.

Works great, and my boot up and read/write times are markedly improved.

5mb/s sata speeds and even then, the drive probably couldn't keep up with the interface.

Easy tools wasn't included and not even sugested for purchase.

Price

Checked out the specs and the helpful installation video and ordered this ssd from owc, plus doubled my storage from 500gb to 1... Read More

Not exactly sure what i paid but it was probably around $40 or $50.

If i were to do it, again, i would spend the extra $10 for the external case and cable, to aid in the migration between the old... Read More

Shipping

I received the drive promptly and within an hour of delivery had it installed and ready for the time machine transfer back of a... Read More

Now i have to order it separately and wait for it arrival.

Competitiveness

I was skeptical that this would make any difference but when i purchased a used mac with and upgraded ssd i was sold, i promptl... Read More

I used the blackmagic design drive benchmark utility to test this drive and others.

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This product had a total of 267 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 20 2024.