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President’s Corner-September 2018

September 2018 Give-A-Ways

• Margie - $15 Apple Gift Card
• Barb - Apple Notebook
• Bonnie - Apple Lapel Pin
• Anika - T-Shirt
• Mel - Cinch bag 

  

Envoy Pro EX: Awesome Speed

a review by Tom Piper

The quest for faster and more reliable digital storage is a continual challenge as new computers and processors become more powerful and robust. Other World Computing (OWC) has proven to be a leader in meeting this challenge.

The OWC Envoy Pro EX is a bus-powered portable solid-state drive with 1.0TB of storage and Thunderbolt 3 connection in a solid aluminum case. It is a fast and durable unit with an integrated Thunderbolt 3 cable making it a perfect travel companion. It is the ideal solution for on-location photo editing or simply taking your photo, video, and music libraries with you; and it can do everything from daily tasks such as storing family photos, videos, and documents to professional audio or photography importing.

From a techie standpoint, this drive offers Thunderbolt 3 which provides 40Gbs bandwidth, 8x more than USB 3.1 (Gen 1), and is paired with an M.2 (NVMe) SSD to provide transfer speeds up to 1800MB/s. The Envoy Pro EX is the perfect storage companion for your Thunderbolt 3 equipped Mac (or Windows) computer by blending the latest technologies with multiple model and capacity options, to push the envelope on performance while maintaining affordability.

Envoy Pro EX is built tough to withstand the bumps, jolts and drops life may put it through. With no moving parts and MIL-STD810G drop test compliance, it's ready to handle being tossed around in a backpack or accidentally knocked off the table. Meticulously engineered to run cool and silent, it also looks great in matte black (with a handy felt pouch).

This unit looks great and performs wonderfully when connected to my 15" MacBook Pro TouchBar laptop. Upon arrival, it was already formatted MS-DOS (FAT32), but comes with OWC Drive Guide (an necessary step) which features easy setup and reformatting for my Mac (or custom partitioning too). There was also additional OWC software including InTech SpeedTools and Prosoft Data Backup (also Windows utilities). As an extra bonus, shareware was also included for Fun & Games, Productivity & Organization, Audio & Video, Internet & Utilities, System Enhancements and Other Goodies . . . over 25 complete software packages (and many more for Windows). 

You can learn more about the Envoy Pro EX at macsales.com/envoy and purchase 1.0TB version for only $499.99 (also available in 250GB, 500GB, and 2.0TB for $249.99, $349.99, or $1,094.99). This unit has happily joined my family of OWC devices that are high quality and very reliable. This is a great company with products which I highly recommend, particularly at very reasonable prices!

 

Apple Tech on KWOS Open Air 08-04-18

Apple Technology of past, present and future was discussed on Open Air Saturday, hosted by Hal Dulle, with guests Peggy Landwehr, George Kopp, and Tom Piper.

To listen to this 26 minute segment on your computer, just click on OpenAirSat KWOS 080418