OWC did it again

As if being the first and only vendor that offers the largest pocket-size external hard drive, wasn’t enough, OWC announced today the first 320GB external had drive that runs at 7,200rpm, the Mercury On-The-Go 320GB 7,200rpm. This is actually not the first high-speed compact external hard drive (…

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