“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 6
[Thank you, we have our winner. This contest is closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader RandomPerson]
On the Sixth Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A 320GB OWC Mercury On-The-Go Oxford924 FireWire 800&400+USB2 5400RPM 8MB Cache Portable SATA 2.5″ based Storage Solution
“Huh?”
That’s a fancy way of saying “hard drive”, dummy! And a big one too (at least storage-wise – at 320 GB!). Physically, it’s actually quite small and fits easily in your laptop bag inside its included carrying case. I have 2 of these, and I love them – perfect for running Time Machine on my MacBook Pro.
Above: Palm-sized, FireWire 400/800, and USB 2 connections, a cool carrying case and cables included! What more could you want?
Finally! Now you have no excuse not to back up your laptop (you know you’re not doing it).
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 Portable Kit packs an incredible punch into a 3″Wx5.5″Lx1″H 11 ounce package!
If you’re looking for one of the most compatible mass storage solutions made, look no further! The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive is all you’ll need! Packing a one-two punch of super fast FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, the OWC Mercury On-The-Go has what it takes to truly work cross platform.
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go keeps everything running silent while still keeping your drive cool with a built in aluminum heatsink underneath the hard drive, and passthrough cooling vents on the top of the case.
The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive uses the latest Oxford chipset, the 924, for both FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0. Designed to work with SATA hard drives, this chipset is the latest evolution of the best performing FireWire chipsets on the market.
FireWire/1394 makes it easy, OWC Mercury makes it faster! With transfer rates of up to 800mbs, plug and play connection, and professional level FireWire software, you will not go wrong with an OWC Mercury FireWire Drive.
To enter: Since the Mercury On-The-Go is all about space (both storage, and not physically taking up much), leave us a comment telling us what you think is the best Sci-Fi Space movie ever. Winners will be picked randomly 7 days later and notified (kind of like in The Ring, only with less killing… we hope). Open to all readers world-wide. Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein! (Oh, and be sure to enter ALL our “12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaways!)
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind, even if it doesn’t really fit in that category…
Blade Runner rocks.
Total Recall, if only because it made Philip K. Dick an action movie script resource.
Not that any of his other stories worked as action scripts.
Gotta go with the star wars movies because i have a major soft spot for c3po
Star Wars – A New Hope, it’s the original.
Star Wars
Tough choice. Either 2001 or Apollo 13.
2001 was great, and was enjoyed equally with or without dropping acid. Seeing it in CinemaScope should be a Constitutional Right.
But I choose Apollo 13, easily the best non-documentary depiction of real-life space travel. Both the number and size of the bolts and rivets holding that tin can together probably had anyone under thirty thinking this was Steam Punk set design. Some parts were a little slick, but it was very true to the look and feel of the time.
Seeing Mattingly’s (Gary Sinise) real-life simulation test of the electrical system was fantastic. There was no virtual reality in 1970. Only reality. And watching these guys calculate burn times and flight path adjustments with slide rules and pencils was awe inspiring. Most people today can’t balance their checkbook without Quicken or Excel.
Watch the Discovery Channel’s “When We Left Earth” series for the real bone-chilling stories of what all these guys did. They were freakin’ crazy. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/programs/programs.html
Honorable mention: Saturn 3
Only because we finally got to see Farrah’s boobies!!
I noticed a few other people said it already, but Serenity is definitely one of the best “space” movies out there!
Serenity FTW.
space balls
Star Wars, when I was younger (in the 90’s) I used to think it was actually new. That’s how good it still looks today.
If it had been made, then I would have chosen the Red Dwarf movie.
Wall-E!
Blade Runner!
i’d have to go with Star Wars
My vote goes to… Alien!
I’m a total Star Wars freak, so just name any one of the six and I’ll take it.
Blade Runner
Star Wreck – In the Pirkinning
Usually not of fan of SciFi, but I loved Serenity (and firefly!)
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Space Balls, duh.
Amazon Women on the Moon
Starwars: Episode 4
Hands down, Return of the Jedi is the best ever!
Star Wars
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Could be both Space Balls and Event Horizon.. But I tend to Event Horizon because it’s more space horror.
Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks. Best action ever and it was three guys who did this for real.
WALL-E
Blade Runner
StarWars: VI – Return of the Jed-I
Star Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back
Darkest of them all 😉
Oops – strike out my last post – wrong comment – should have been “2001” Hands down.
nice hdd
I’m sorry Guys But “Blade Runner” beats them all hands down!!!
Forbidden Planet Classic Sci-Fi
I’d have to go with Apollo 13. Can’t beat history for inspiration, and Tom Hanks rarely disappoints.
Star Wars all the way
I would say Aliens 🙂
The original StarWars movie (Episode IV) is one of the greatest.
Lost In Space ( the original )
Only because it’s the only Sci Fi type movie I really ever watched.
I have to say I think Starship Troopers is the best space themed movie ever! I love the humor in it.
Space Balls
Spaceballs….you gotta have a sense of humor
Bladerunner
“Let the people have the air!”
Total Recall
Sci-Fi pigs.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=42607584&id=85117705
No one mentioned Dracula 3000?? OK, so that one sucked.
Gotta be Alien. Nothing scared you like 1 second glimpses of that thing.
The Empire Stikes Back