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Very nice, comes with everything you need...
PostedNovember 27, 2013
...except a philips screwdriver. I got this enclosure and had it apart, drive installed, back together and plugged into a Mac Mini via Firewire 800 in under ten minutes. Erasing and partitioning a 1TB Western Digital blue drive with Drive Utilities under Mountain Lion went fast and without a hitch and I used Time Machine to back everything up. The original time estimate from Time Machine to back up 170 GB of data was 3 hours but it was done in under an hour.
Shipping to me was fast and everything was well packed. The clear (looks silver) anodized enclosure is well made, looks good and comes with all the cables you need to plug into any of the ports on the back of the enclosure. If you want to plug it into a Firewire 400 port you'll need a 800 to 400 adapter or cable. Installing the hard drive, following the simple but accurate and informative instructions, was easy and took only a philips screwdriver. The drive spun down after a period of inactivity which I though was a nice feature and after I was done backing up the computer everything was cool to the touch, including the in-line brick power supply. The blue drive activity light is bright but being behind the grill I didn't find it annoying. The only thing one might consider a con is that the power supply is not internal to the unit so you have a longer cord with the power supply as a lump along its length to manage. However, on the plus side, it allows for a smaller case and easy swap of the power supply should it ever fail.
The new mercury elite pro is one of the most outstanding product OWC have ever produced. I must agree that this is the perfect storage solution for my needs. Mercury Elite Pro have solid design, fast interface connection and USB3.0 availability. The only thing that matters to me, is the firewire 800 cable which I think, it would be great if the cable itself has black rubber insulation like those cable included in the packaging, but so far everything looks great inside and out. I highly recommend this product rather than those branded external ones which have no quad interface.
Pros: Quality, Durability, fast interface connection, design
Cons: firewire cable must also have black insulation
