JDW
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Last night I commented on OWC's blog about their Black Friday 2011 specials. I was inspired to make a comment because I recently acquired a couple PowerBook G3 Wallstreets and have considered upgrading the hard drive to an SSD, and of course I've been mulling battery replacements. (I've even considered putting an SSD in my SE/30 too, although that would require either a SCSI drive or an IDE to SCSI adapter.) Anyway, I noticed that OWC had posted special discounts on all their SATA SSDs this week, but they didn't have discounts on their "Legacy" IDE/ATA edition SSDs that are for vintage Macs. So I asked if OWC might consider spreading the love to some of their vintage Mac model products too. Today, Grant at OWC kindly replied that he would take my words under consideration.
So as to not let this chance die (for truly, I am only one man asking about further discounts), I wanted to post here to encourage those of you interested to reply in kind. Specifically, if you've ever pondered putting a true SSD, not just a CF card, in your vintage Mac, now is the time to seek out a discount and do it! OWC has some of the fastest SSDs out there, and they claim the speed of their SSDs don't decline over time (which cannot be said of a CF card flash drive solution). I would therefore strongly encourage you reading this to post a comment on OWC's blog if you would be encouraged to buy an OWC SSD if they offered a good enough discount on them.
Here's the Black Friday Blog (you can see my comments as "James Wages"):
http://blog.macsales.com/12693-holiday-deals-from-owc/comment-page-1#comment-49219
And here are the 3 product pages I mentioned in my comment on the OWC blog...
40GB Legacy 2.5" SSD:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDMLP040/
PB G3 Wallstreet PRAM Battery:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/PRAMPBG3WS/
PB G3 Wallstreet Main Battery:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAPLLIWSRS/
And while pondering whether or not to post a comment there, keep in mind, "Ask and ye shall receive!"
Thanks!
So as to not let this chance die (for truly, I am only one man asking about further discounts), I wanted to post here to encourage those of you interested to reply in kind. Specifically, if you've ever pondered putting a true SSD, not just a CF card, in your vintage Mac, now is the time to seek out a discount and do it! OWC has some of the fastest SSDs out there, and they claim the speed of their SSDs don't decline over time (which cannot be said of a CF card flash drive solution). I would therefore strongly encourage you reading this to post a comment on OWC's blog if you would be encouraged to buy an OWC SSD if they offered a good enough discount on them.
Here's the Black Friday Blog (you can see my comments as "James Wages"):
http://blog.macsales.com/12693-holiday-deals-from-owc/comment-page-1#comment-49219
And here are the 3 product pages I mentioned in my comment on the OWC blog...
40GB Legacy 2.5" SSD:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDMLP040/
PB G3 Wallstreet PRAM Battery:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/PRAMPBG3WS/
PB G3 Wallstreet Main Battery:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAPLLIWSRS/
And while pondering whether or not to post a comment there, keep in mind, "Ask and ye shall receive!"
Thanks!