{"id":43709,"date":"2018-02-13T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T16:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=43709"},"modified":"2018-02-14T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:24:48","slug":"mac-upgrade-tips-vol-3-do-your-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/43709-mac-upgrade-tips-vol-3-do-your-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Upgrade Tips Vol. 3 \u2013 Do Your Research!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpwcd7SJJFI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Join Chris from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macsales.com\" target=\"_blank\">MacSales.com<\/a> in the third installment of this video series as he provides sage advice to those upgrading their computers for the first time. 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