{"id":15504,"date":"2012-11-08T08:03:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=15504"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:27:37","slug":"new-shootout-videos-continue-to-prove-ssds-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/15504-new-shootout-videos-continue-to-prove-ssds-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Shootout Videos Continue to Prove SSD&#8217;s Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13408\" title=\"stopwatch\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch.jpg 200w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch-138x190.jpg 138w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/stopwatch-87x120@2x.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>As the Holidays rapidly approach, it gets somewhat tempting to justify gatting a new Mac as \u201ca gift to yourself.\u201d After all, those new iMacs <em>are <\/em>pretty slick-looking. And, you know what &#8211; there\u2019s nothing wrong with that if you\u2019ve already maxed out your RAM and have added a fast OWC SSD, yet are still craving more power. Heck, aside from the new Retina display-equipped MacBook Pros and the MacBook Airs, <strong>you can pretty much use the same SSD in the 2012 models as you could with earlier iterations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;re still running on the stock memory and drive, you may be better served by upgrading your existing machine with more RAM, an SSD, and\/or even a second drive bay with the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Search\/Search.cfm?Ntk=Primary&#038;Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&#038;Ne=8050&#038;N=4294967255&#038;Ntt=Data+Doubler\">OWC Data Doubler<\/a> for added storage.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve added a pair of videos to our series of shootouts that underscore how dramatic an improvement adding an<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/\"> OWC Mercury, Aura, Electra, or Accelsior SSD<\/a> to your system can make. 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