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Looking at the picture on their site, it looks like they have two of those installed on the pcie card, which i assume they have raided on the card, as you suggest. Owc owcssdapmb120 mercury aura pro mba 120 gb solid. Owc announces mercury aura pro mba as industrys first. Heres the fix for the problem you have encountered. Owc mercury aura pro mba 20082009 480gb gunstig kaufen. Owc mercury aura pro disco ssd 240gb macbook air late 2008 mid 2009 28%.
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I purchased the owc mercury aura 6g 240 gb ssd for mba 2011, and i went through the process of installing the hd into the computer. How to upgrade macbook air hard drive original20082009. The macbook air, however, doesnt, so most people are stuck with the machines relatively limited stock storage. How to upgrade the ssd in a macbook air late 20082009.
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