Other World Computing (OWC) has expanded its popular line of Mercury Elite external storage solutions with the introduction of a 400GB model priced at US$539.99 for a FireWire 400+USB 2.0 combo version, $559.99 for a FireWire 800/400 version and $579.99 for a FireWire 800/400+USB 2.0 version. Additionally, OWC has reduced prices on all of the company’s Mercury Elite 80- to 250GB external storage solutions by up to 20 percent. Prices now start at $139.99. All 400GB Mercury Elite drives spin at 7200RPM, feature an 8MB data buffer, and provide transfer rates from 60MB per second (MBps) for the FireWire 800 solutions to more than 40MBps for the FireWire/USB combo solutions.