OWC Release 500GB Mercury ‘On The Go’ Portable Hard Disk Drive [OWC HHD]

Other World Computing (OWC) have just released their new Mercury 'On The
Go' Portable Hard Disk Drive which, apart from offering 500GB of storage
capacity in a highly portable unit also comes with FireWire 400/800 as
well as USB connectivity.

Official OWC Press Release:

Geared to the demanding “on-the-go” professional road
warrior that requires dependable, high-performance storage, the OWC
Mercury On-The-Go 500GB portable drive is compatible with virtually all
computers with an available FireWire or USB port, including all Macs and
PCs. It also works with all FireWire and USB digital cameras,
camcorders, and other gadgets, for an instant on-the-go portable storage
solution to quickly and safely store all your digital photos and video
while on the road.

With The Mercury On-The-Go, you can back-up your entire desktop computer
and bring it with you everywhere you go. For easy backup, the portable
drive also includes the full retail software versions of the latest
award-winning Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X and NovaStor NovaBackup
for Windows.

The Mercury On-The-Go is “Time Machine” ready, meaning that
it keeps an up-to-date copy of all of your files and documents under OS
X Leopard(tm), so you can go back in time, anytime, to recover anything
with ease.

In addition to the Mercury On-The-Go 500GB drive with 5400RPM
performance, OWC also offers a full line of On-The-Go models with USB
2.0, USB 2.0+eSATA, FireWire 400+USB2, as well as additional FireWire
800/400+USB2 models in capacities of 120GB-320GB, priced from $97.99;
and 7200RPM Mercury On-The-Go models in capacities of 100GB-200GB,
priced from $119.99.

All Mercury On-The-Go portable drives are available immediately through
OWC and other retailers. The drives ship with a carrying case; cables
for all interfaces specific on-the-go model supports; Prosoft DataRescue
III for OS X; and NovaStor NovaBackup for Windows. All drives are
covered by a one-year warranty and are compatible with Apple OS Versions
8.5 through 9.2.x; Apple OS X 10.0.3 and higher (including the latest OS
10.5.x); and Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista.

OWC's 500GB Mercury 'On The Go' Portable Hard Disk Drive is available
now for around $360.