OWC Announces SSD Upgrade for New 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro

The OWC Mercury Aura Pro is the first high-performance Solid State Drive upgrade for the new 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.

Available in 480GB capacity for immediate ordering and with additional capacities to be announced in November, the 6G (6Gb/s) SandForce Driven Mercury Aura Pro offers rMBP owners up to nearly 3x more storage and/or backup capacity than the factory 128GB flash module.

In addition to offering significantly more capacity over the factory base 128GB SSD, the 480GB Mercury Aura Pro offers a $220 savings over the comparable sized 512GB factory capacity upgrade costing $800. Savings, however, aren’t always measured just in dollars. A key benefit for Apple notebook owners when choosing an OWC SSD is the retention of the original factory flash module. When upgrading directly with the factory, consumers pay for the base flash capacity module, but do not get that original base flash module returned to them for re-use. Thanks to the OWC Envoy Pro USB 3.0 bus-powered portable enclosure (available late December), rMBP owners upgrading with a Mercury Aura Pro SSD can re-task the original factory flash module as an external drive for additional storage and/or backup duty.


Pricing, Availability
The Mercury Aura Pro for the 2012 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display is available immediately for $579.99. Additional capacity models will be announced and made available for ordering in November.

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