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OWC 128GB MaxRAM Upgrade Unleashes The Performance Beast In Mac Pro With Double The Factory Memory At 49 Percent Lower Cost

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing announced today through its in-house MaxRAM testing lab its Certified Triple-Channel Memory Upgrade Kits for 2009 and later Apple Mac Pro models now provide up to 128GB — twice the factory maximum installed memory — with up to a 49 percent lower cost. The 16GB per module matched kits are fully tested and certified to meet, if not surpass, all Apple memory design and compatibility specifications and come backed by a Lifetime Replacement Warranty and free, step-by-step installation videos.

Maximum Memory Recommended for Optimum OS X and Application Performance

Industry experts agree 4GB of RAM is the minimum that should be installed for optimum performance of OS X Lion. Beyond the OS, however, if applications such as Aperture, Photoshop, iMovie/iDVD are running and large files are being addressed, even 16GB of RAM might not be enough memory. MacPerformanceGuide, a leading benchmarking source for professional photographers and Mac enthusiasts, found that 10-15GB of RAM is used just by their daily use of Photoshop. By increasing RAM from 48GB to 96GB, they found dramatic time reductions in working with huge files. With today’s higher resolution digital and video cameras, having the maximum amount of installable and addressable RAM is becoming a necessity for Mac Pro owners. Article Continues…

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OWC 32GB MaxRAM Upgrade Turns Apple iMac Into Ideal Workstation With Double The Factory Memory At 40 Percent Lower Cost

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing announced today through its in-house MaxRAM testing lab its high performance OWC PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz 32GB Memory Kit for 2011 iMac and 2010 27″ iMac models now provides 32GB — twice the factory maximum 16GB installed memory — with a 40 percent lower cost. OWC Memory Upgrades are fully tested and certified to meet, if not surpass, all Apple memory design and compatibility specifications and come backed by a Lifetime Replacement Warranty and free, step-by-step installation videos.

More Memory Makes iMac Workstation Ready

In the past, one of the main limiting factors to iMacs being considered a capable workstation used to be memory. Now, with the horsepower of up to a 3.4GHz Quad-Core i7 processor and the benchmark proven ability of OWC’s MaxRAM upgrades up to 32GB, current iMacs can deliver serious graphics production, A/V editing, and other professional use performance rivaling that of a Mac Pro for far less cost. Article Continues…

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OWC Upgrades Maximize Mac mini Performance by Doubling Memory, Adding Second Drive for Up to 2.0TB Of Capacity or SSD Performance

Thursday, May 10th, 2012 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing announced today through its in-house MaxRAM testing lab its high performance OWC PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz 16GB Memory Kit for all 2011 Mac mini models now provides twice the factory maximum 8GB installed memory at 52 percent less cost per GB. OWC Memory Upgrades are fully tested and certified to meet, if not surpass, all Apple memory design and compatibility specifications and come backed by a Lifetime Replacement Warranty and free, step-by-step installation videos.

Maximum Memory Recommended for OS X Lion Users

While Apple’s official minimum RAM requirement for OS X Lion is 2GB, industry experts agree 4GB of RAM is the minimum that should be installed for optimum performance of typical daily computer usage. 8GB or more installed RAM is highly recommended and can be of night and day performance benefit for advanced uses such as graphics production, A/V editing, Server applications, running a virtual machine, etc. Article Continues…

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OWC 16GB RAM Upgrade For 2011 Apple MacBook Pro Models Offers Double The Factory Memory For 50 Percent Less Cost Per GB

Friday, May 4th, 2012 | Author: OWC NewsFeed

Other World Computing announced today through its in-house MaxRAM testing lab its high performance OWC PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz 16GB Memory Kit for the 2011 MacBook Pro now provides twice the factory maximum 8GB installed memory at 50 percent less cost per GB.

More Configuration Options And Greater Savings Over Factory Options:

72 percent lower cost vs. same sized factory 8GB option.

Not available as factory memory upgrade option. Offers 50 percent more RAM at a $70 lower cost than factory maximum 8GB option.

Not available as factory memory upgrade option. Offers double the RAM with a 50 percent lower cost per GB than $200 factory maximum 8GB option. Article Continues…

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Time Machine to the Rescue

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | Author: OWC Mike H.

Apple released an awesome backup feature called Time Machine back in 2007 when OS X 10.5 Leopard was introduced. Why? Essentially Apple spent the decade building awesome computers in the digital life concept of music, photos, and movies. Apple likely realized that backup solutions, aside from cloning the entire computer, were a bit heavy and hard(ish) to implement by general users. With Time Machine, Apple essentially made a backup solution that’s easy-to-use, works in the background, and is essentially “plug in and forget about it”. “Backup made easy,” if you will.

The amazing thing Time Machine does is that it creates incremental backups, allowing you to step back in time to a previous version of a file. This feature has saved my butt more than a few times when I’ve accidentally overwritten a master Photoshop file, or whenever an important file goes missing. I can just go into to Time Machine and retrieve it from the past.

Time Machine also does a massively valuable trick… it’ll let you restore your Mac to a previous state in the OS. Yup, you can make your Mac go back in time as a whole as well! Article Continues…

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