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  • Maxelerate enclosure
  • AC cable
  • FireWire 400 cable
  • USB2 cable
  • AC adapter (+12V/3A 100-240 VAC)
  • Information CD
  • Limited Warranty Statement
 
Maxelerate™

Faster Boot Drive for your Mac mini: Store more stuff! Connect more stuff!



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Faster Boot Drive
Maxelerate boasts a disk read and write performance that is 30 percent faster than the drive that comes inside of the Mac mini. And because it's bootable, use it as a startup disk, taking full advantage of FireWire technology.

Thermally Engineered
Continuing WiebeTech's tradition of using intelligent metal design, Maxelerate is thermally engineered with heat issues in mind. Its aluminum design with fan allows for excellent cooling.

Store more stuff
Maxelerate holds drives up to 500GB. That's up to 12 times the 40GB or 6 times the 80GB internal storage that comes in a Mac mini. It gives you perfect growing room to edit more home movies, take more pictures, and listen to more music.

Connect more stuff
Maxelerate sports three daisy-chainable FireWire ports and a 3-port USB2 hub, making it an ideal central station for more hard drives, digital cameras or many other computer peripherals.

Free more space
Best of all, you can achieve this speed, storage and all of the new ports in a space no bigger than the Mac mini itself. Beautifully designed out of aluminum to complement Apple's design, Maxelerate fits perfectly underneath any Mac mini.


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Supports Hi-Speed Data Transfer

USB speed of up to 480Mbps, and FireWire speeds of up to 400Mbps (FireWire 400).

Faster boot drive

Supports 3.5" IDE drives - 30% faster than internal Mac mini drive.

Bus power

Delivers bus power (from Mac mini host) for downstream USB 1.1 and 2.0 devices.

Daisy-chainable

FireWire ports allow attaching additional FireWire devices.

USB2 Hub

Three ports.

Aluminum Construction

Provides excellent thermal efficiency.

Power Switch

Allows powering enclosure down before removal from FireWire or USB. Helps prevent port blowouts.

 
 
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Bridge Chipset

Initio 1530, Cypress CY7C65640A

Bus Interface

USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a)

Transfer Rate

USB 2.0 Port: 12/480 Mbps IEEE 1394a (FireWire 400) port: 100/200/400 Mbps

Connector

Two USB type-A receptacles
One USB type-B receptacle
Three FireWire 400 (1394a) connectors
one DC-Jack input (+12V/3A)

Drive Compatibility

ATA6 or ATA7 drives (IDE or EIDE)

Operating System

Windows XP, 2K, Mac OS 9.1, 9.2, OS X, Linux distributions that support FireWire

Power Switch

Power on / Access
On / Off (prevents port blowouts)

Dimensions

6.5" x 6.5" x 1.5" (165mm x 165mm x 38mm)

Shipping Weight

1.2 lbs (without drive)

Certification

FCC, CE

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