“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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I want to say Blade Runner, but it’s really more like a sci-fi thriller cop movie, nothing particular “space” about it.
So I’ll go with 2001 on the “high-art, makes you think and sticks in your head for life” choice, and the Htichhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy on the fun comedy end of the spectrum. (I’m talking about the 1981 BBC miniseries, not the more recent remake which could have been awesome, but toooooootally blew it and strayed too far from the books in both plot details and tone)
Plus, I could really use that drive! My Macboo Pro’s boot drive is a 320GB, so this external 320GB would make the perfect backup drive.
Battlestar Galactica
Any of the Star Wars
Can’t help loving STAR WARS, ever since the first one back around 1977!
Spaceballs!!
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Thing From Another World
space balls
Star Wars ^_^ both the new and old trilogy
Space Balls
E.T
Look, everyone knows that Armageddon was the best movie ever. Why is this even a question?
Space Balls…Its in space but mocks all space movies.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Great movie.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
I think if you toss out Star Wars since that’s just too cliche of an answer I’d have to go with Pitch Black, the original, not chronicles of riddick or anything I like Riddick as a bad guy he was soo much better that way
back to the future trilogy
Old school War of the Worlds!
Serenity, Yee-Haw
Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan
The Fifth Element
clearly, without a doubt – 2001: A Space Odyssey
No contest: 2001
Event Horizon.
Oh bother, do you know how hard it is for nerds, sci fi nerds in particularly to wade through every single Sci Fi movie to come up with a number 1, Doc… doc… you are too hard on us! So you get more than one however we’ll confine it to the just the distopian genre…
Distopian Future
Blade Runner the Final Cut (preferably blu-ray version)
Brave New World
(tho not really sci fi, it was in the set in the future when i was written) 1984
Gattica
Soylent Green
The Omega Man
Planet of the Apes (original)
THX-11-38
(and tho this is sort of not distopian as it’s originally based off Shakespeare’s’ The Tempest) Forbidden Planet
Wall-E
Blade runner has to be the one
The God’s Themselves
Wall*E
Star wars
Serenity
That’s a hard one to pin down… what comes to mind is 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind was good when it originally came out.
If you’re looking for space within our own planet, then The Abyss held its own as well.
What an awesome gift to give out. I don’t know how you guys do it, but God bless you for giving us all a chance to win. Happy New Year!
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
for sure Star Wars!
Blade Runner, Forbidden Planet, 2001
I guess I’m showing my age.
Serenity
Star Wars or the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken
I’m gonna go with Star Wars.
A few come to mind…
“Alien” – the only movie to ever make me jump out of my theater chair.
“Dark City” – strange movie.
“The Thing” (1982) – a good gross out flic.
“The Fly” & all the sequels – I’ll not watch these movies again, too many childhood nightmares.
Hard to beat 2001: A Space Odyssey. Though if I had to pick a more recent movie, it would have to be Serenity.
Star Wars – Return of the Jedi
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Awesome.
the empire strikes back….60% of the time it works everytime
Star Wars : Return of the Jedi
Jason X. I mean come on Jason Voorhees in the 25th century on a spaceship.
The Empire Strikes Back.
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Space Balls no question
It has to be the one and only “Star Wars”!!!