Comments on: OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express SSD Named as Finalist for Visionary Product Award

By: Computer Dungheap

Computer Dungheap — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:51:00 +0000

I have used OWC since the 1990s, but alas, after buying a $450 Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB SSD in December 2011, I have crossed them off my list for good. The drive went kaput, failed, disappeared, after less than one week. Less than ONE WEEK! Also, the connectors are poorly designed; the SATA and AC power cable connectors don’t snap into place like they do on EVERY OTHER DRIVE on the market; no, they just sort of slide in and dangle there. You never know if they’re making solid contact. What poor, poor design. I tried to get this drive to come back to life but after two weeks, still nothing, so I RMA’d it and am saying good riddance to OWC.

By: Paul Andrew Mitchell

Paul Andrew Mitchell — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:43:00 +0000

I believe the convention is to use “B” for Bytes and “b” for bits (binary digits)
e.g. GB = GigaBytes, MB = MegaBytes; 8b/10b = 8 bits / 10 bits etc.

Thus, some might interpret “500Mb/s” as 500 Megabits per second.

The convention is helpful in situations where the meaning is not totally clear
from the context.

MRFS

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:46:00 +0000

Thanks for the observation! It is in fact three years, and the Mercury Extreme Pro is 5 years. I have corrected the article.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Good article, great product. The SF controller provides a throttling feature which enables the manufacturer to preset warranty. The controller will monitor useage and literally throttle performance to insure the preset warranty condition. I don’t believe the OWC WEB Site represents a 5 year warranty for the product, I noted 3 years?