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New adventures are on the horizon with a new class, the Monk, and experience the world from a multi-faction race, the Pandaren!<\/p>\n<p>It kind of goes without saying that I&#8217;m excited about this release, but before I even <em>considered <\/em>leading my party (with a handful of OWC Team Members, no less) into battle, I needed to take a look at the new system requirements for this expansion. With higher resolution textures, more detailed environments and more spell effects flying through the air, it was clear my Late 2008 MacBook Pro needed some serious upgrades before charging forth into the fray!<\/p>\n<p>Each expansion means more hard drive space used by my already-gigantic WoW folder. To help decrease the load times as I move from area to area, I decided to go with a <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/internal_storage\/SSD\/Mercury_Electra_3G_Solid_State\">240GB OWC Mercury Electra 3G<\/a>. 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