OWC acquires innovative Thunderbolt 3 accessory maker Akitio

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https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/03/owc-acquires-akitio/

I have a 4 bay external TB2 case and love it - this is a very good pairing - congrats OWC!

[3d]

"OWC, the company that’s well-known for its focus on Mac-centric storage, connectivity, software and expansion solutions,..."
No mention of OWC's awesome MacResource forum? Bastiches.

[mikebw]

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[Filliam H. Muffman]

3d wrote:
No mention of OWC's awesome MacResource forum? Bastiches.

They couldn't get past the registration brick wall because they didn't know any of us personally to get a recommendation?

[bfd]

Other World Computing (OWC), founded by Larry O’Connor when he was 14 years old in 1988…

Never knew this before… quite a story behind that, one would imagine!

Glad to see it happen. Just bought a TB3 case for the MBP repurpose project following a sad farewell to the old Mac Pro, both RAID and the case work flawlessly. Should've made the upgrade much sooner!

[Speedy]

bfd wrote:

Other World Computing (OWC), founded by Larry O’Connor when he was 14 years old in 1988…

Never knew this before… quite a story behind that, one would imagine!

That was just a few years before he gambled heavily in 256 KB level 2 caches for the PowerMac 6100 series causing the company to nearly founder.

[ka jowct]

I have a TB2 Akitio dock; seems like a good product, although I don’t use it often.

[mikebw]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=bfd]

Other World Computing (OWC), founded by Larry O’Connor when he was 14 years old in 1988…

Never knew this before… quite a story behind that, one would imagine!

That was just a few years before he gambled heavily in 256 KB level 2 caches for the PowerMac 6100 series causing the company to nearly founder.
You know I always wanted to get that, but by the time came when I could afford one it was no longer useful.

[Lew Zealand]

mikebw wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
[quote=bfd]

Other World Computing (OWC), founded by Larry O’Connor when he was 14 years old in 1988…

Never knew this before… quite a story behind that, one would imagine!

That was just a few years before he gambled heavily in 256 KB level 2 caches for the PowerMac 6100 series causing the company to nearly founder.
You know I always wanted to get that, but by the time came when I could afford one it was no longer useful.
I have one that OWC made into a Christmas ornament.

[bfd]

… the 6100 here had a crazy collection of NuBus cards installed - could've had one of those 256kb cache cards in there at some point, too.

(And lest we forget… RamDoubler - LOL!)