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Other World Computing (OWC) today introduced Mercury Ti and Mercury Cube slot-loading internal SuperDrive and Combo drives available for both PowerBook G4 Titanium 15-inch and Power Macintosh G4 Cube models, respectively.

Allowing users to replace their current internal optical drive, OWC SuperDrives provide full DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW capabilities, while the OWC Combo drives provide full CD-R/RW and DVD playback capabilities. Drives are 100 percent compatible with all Apple software titles, including iDVD (SuperDrive only), iTunes and Disc Burner.

“Out goes the stock drive and in goes the new OWC SuperDrive or Combo drive upgrade,” said Larry O’Connor, president of OWC. “Now both Cube G4 and PowerBook G4 owners can have it all – conveniently right inside their machine and with 100 percent Apple software compatibility.”

The Mercury Ti and Cube SuperDrive upgrades for both PowerBook G4 Titanium 15-inch and Power Mac G4 Cube models include the following features:

• 24X Speed CD-ROM Reading,
• 16X Speed CD-R Writing,
• 4X Speed CD-RW Writing/Re-Writing,
• 8X Speed DVD-ROM Reading,
• 1X Speed DVD-R Writing,
• 1X Speed DVD-RW Writing/Re-Writing,
• Buffer Underrun Protection, and
• 2MB Write Cache.

The OWC Mercury Combo drives for PowerBook G4 Titanium 15-inch and Power Mac G4 Cube models offer:

• 24X Speed CD-ROM Reading,
• 8X Speed CD-R Writing,
• 8X Speed CD-RW Writing/Re-Writing,
• 8X Speed DVD-ROM Reading,
• Buffer Underrun Protection, and
• 2MB Write Cache.

OWC SuperDrives are priced from $379.95 for both the Mercury Ti and Cube models, and both models of OWC Combo drives are priced at $199.95. All come with step-by-step instructions for easy installation and are available exclusively through OWC at www.macsales.com/MercurySL.

Further, OWC offers a trade-in rebate of $19.00 or $85.00, respectively, for the return of a properly functioning Apple CD/DVD or Apple CD-R/RW+DVD that the new OWC drive has replaced.