{"id":25814,"date":"2014-07-31T11:25:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T16:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=25814"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:37:26","slug":"get-new-performance-for-the-new-school-year-from-your-macbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/25814-get-new-performance-for-the-new-school-year-from-your-macbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Get New Performance For the New School Year from Your MacBook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19554\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MBPupgrades.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MBPupgrades.jpg 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MBPupgrades-193x120.jpg 193w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MBPupgrades-190x118.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MBPupgrades-272x170.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>People change a lot through four years of high school, or through four (or five or six\u2026) years of college. Interests change. Majors change. It\u2019s a natural part of the growth process. And with all this change going on in our lives while we\u2019re at school, why would we expect that our computing needs wouldn\u2019t change?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not good to be locked in to one thing, be it a choice of a major or something (slightly) less important such as how much RAM or storage space your MacBook or MacBook Pro has installed. That\u2019s why OWC carries the best upgrades that let your computer\u2019s performance and storage grow with your growing educational needs.<\/p>\n<p>Our recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/school\/\">Back to School page<\/a> puts all the great upgrades for your MacBook in one place, so you\u2019ll know exactly how to give your machine a serious boost in performance with OWC\u2019s selection of memory and Solid State Drives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memory and Solid State Drives 101<\/strong><br \/>\nMaximizing your memory isn\u2019t just useful before embarking on that intimidating Ancient Greek History class or for remembering how to get back to your dorm after a long night at the \u2026 library. Upgrading your MacBook\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/apple\/memory\/\">memory<\/a> is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to speed up your machine. You might even be able to install more memory in your MacBook than you thought. Check out our OWC MaxRAM Memory Certification page to see just how much your model can truly take.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/SSD\/OWC\/\">OWC SSDs<\/a> will give you blazing speeds and incredible data reliability without moving parts so it stays cool and runs quietly. You can even opt for a <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/drive_bracket\/datadoubler\/\">Data Doubler<\/a> for many MacBook models in place of your optical drive and get nearly instant boot and app loads from an SSD and expand your capacity at the same time! 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