Other World Computing (OWC) today announced that it has lowered the price of its new OWC Mercury Blu-ray Internal and External Drive Solutions, priced now starting at US$499.99 for internal and $599.99 for external drives. The OWC Mercury Blu-ray Drive is a FireWire/USB2 Plug & Play Blu-Ray Burner + DVDRW/CDRW that is 100% compatible with any Windows or Mac system with an available IDE/ATAPI bay port (for internal drives), or any FireWire or USB 2.0 system port (for external drives).