OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini 1TB Portable Hard Drive [OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini World’s “First Ever” Quad Interface Portable 2.5” 1TB HDD Now Available]

OWC have released their OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini 1TB portable hard drive – a portable backup storage solution that they proudly tout as being the first ever 2.5” portable 1TB HDD sporting a quad interface.

The Bus powered OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini, which offers FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connectivity, additionally comes in a range of other capacities starting from 250GB, which includes a new 640GB capacity drive, sports a brushed aluminum, impact resistant enclosure and fanless design.

OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini Key Features:

• Brushed aluminum, impact resistant, heat dissipating, super quiet fanless enclosure
• “Quad Interface” FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA for flexible connectivity
• Data transfer speeds up to 300MB/s
• Daisy chain multiple FireWire 800 devices
• Drive speeds of up to 7200RPM or Solid State
• Includes all connecting cables, including FireWire 800 to 400, to work with all Macs and FireWire 400 devices
• Portable size at 5.5″(D) x 3.8″(W) x 1.1″(H)

The new 640GB and 1TB OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro mini 1TB portable hard drives come in at $190 and $300 respectively though, if you don’t need quite those levels of capacity, you’ll be pleased to know that a wide range of additional capacities are also on offer such as 250GB, 320GB and 500GB, with pricing starting at $120.