{"id":5825,"date":"2010-06-17T09:23:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T14:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:37:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:37:23","slug":"gifts-for-grads-the-owc-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/5825-gifts-for-grads-the-owc-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts for Grads &#8211; The OWC Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5826\" title=\"Grad-Globe\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Grad-Globe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Grad-Globe.png 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Grad-Globe-101x120.png 101w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Grad-Globe-271x323.png 271w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Grad-Globe-160x190.png 160w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Grad-Globe-101x120@2x.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There are two major gift-giving occasions in June: Fathers\u2019 Day and graduation from various levels of education. This has led to the \u201cDads and Grads\u201d phrasing heard in just about every marketing platform out there. As clich\u00e9 as it is, though, there\u2019s probably someone out there looking for gift suggestions for one or both of these groups. Since we covered gifts for \u201cDads\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/5681-what-a-mac-loving-son-gets-his-mac-loving-dad\">earlier in the month<\/a>, let\u2019s look at \u201cGrads\u201d this time around.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>High School Grads<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For many high school graduates, college is right around the corner. What better way to get your grad started on the right track to their higher education than by making sure their most important educational tool\u2014their computer\u2014is in top form? Here\u2019s a short list of great gift ideas to make undergraduate life a little more bearable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An External Hard Drive <\/strong>&#8211; Picture this: it\u2019s the night before your Organic Chemistry paper is due\u2014a paper that\u2019s worth 51% of your grade. You put the final touches on it and have now brought your laptop to the computer lab in order to print. Except, rather than the normal screen and power-up sounds, all you get is \u201cwhirr&#8230;click&#8230;whirrrrrr&#8230;click\u201d. That\u2019s a dead hard drive, and it\u2019s not very likely that you\u2019re getting your paper back from it. Good thing you have <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/firewire\/\">an OWC External Storage Solution<\/a>. As long as you\u2019ve backed up (and with an important paper like this, you better have!) your file is safe and sound.<\/li>\n<li><strong>More memory <\/strong>&#8211; Let\u2019s face it, college students are invariably broke, so buying the latest and greatest computer every year is probably not within budget.\u00a0Dollar-for-dollar, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/apple\/memory\/\">upgrading the memory<\/a> still remains the best way to get more performance out of the computer they already have.\u00a0For a fraction of the price of a new computer, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/apple\/memory\/\">memory upgrade<\/a> a simple memory upgrade can breathe new life into their current machine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Software <\/strong>&#8211; having a computer is great, but without software, it doesn\u2019t do a whole heck of a lot. <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Search\/Search.cfm?Ntk=Primary&amp;Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&amp;Ne=8050&amp;N=5836+4294966926&amp;Ntt=office\">Microsoft Office<\/a> seems to be pretty much the <em>de facto <\/em>software package in use for document transfer, but you may also want to consider Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Search\/Search.cfm?Ntk=Primary&amp;Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&amp;Ne=5000&amp;N=5843&amp;Ntt=iWork\">iWork<\/a> suite for more Mac-like document creation. Utility software, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/search\/Drive+Genius\">Drive Genius<\/a> can help when your computer starts acting funny at inopportune times, and if your student is going to be working in an environment where Windows is mandatory, you may want to look into <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/Search\/Search.cfm?Ntk=Primary&amp;Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&amp;Ne=5000&amp;N=7372&amp;Ntt=windows\">compatibility software<\/a>, so they can run their Windows applications alongside their Mac ones or just use their Mac-formatted drives on a PC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessories <\/strong>&#8211; Of course, all studying and no fun makes for a pretty dull college experience. Odds are, your student either has, or will have, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/ipod\/\">an iPod, an iPhone<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple\/iPad_Accessories\">an iPad<\/a>. Fortunately, there are a myriad of accessories to protect or enhance their iDevice, helping them get the most enjoyment out of it as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>College Grads<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While pretty much all of the gifts suggested above will also work for the college graduate (especially those doing post-graduate work), you may also want to consider a gift certificate for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seafoodbynet.com\/\">some decent food<\/a>. Between all those student loans and the fact that they\u2019ve likely just spent the last 4+ years living on little more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattfischer.com\/ramen\/\">ramen noodles<\/a> and canned beans; they could probably use a good meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two major gift-giving occasions in June: Fathers\u2019 Day and graduation from various levels of education. This has led to the \u201cDads and Grads\u201d phrasing heard in just about every marketing platform out there. 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