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Teardown of low-end 21.5-inch iMac finds RAM soldered to the motherboard

You won’t be able to upgrade the RAM on the new, low-end 21.5-inch iMac. Per MacRumors, the cool cats at Other World Computing have performed a full teardown and discovered that the 8 GB of RAM that the iMac ships with is permanently soldered to the motherboard.

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hard drive Hardware MacBook Pro News

OWC Aura Pro fits into 13-inch MacBook Pro via included drive caddy

This could be nifty. According to an entry on the OWC blog, the OWC Aura Pro solid state drive fits just fine in Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro’s drive caddy (something new that wasn’t in the 15″ model), and so far everything seems to be running quite solidly. Albeit there’s still a battery of tests […]

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OWC unveils 960GB notebook SSD for almost $1,300

It’s the huge SSD unit you always wanted for your Mac notebook…and it’ll be pricey. Per Mac|Life, Mac peripherals outfitter Other World Computing has announced the availability of the Mercury Electra MAX 3G, a whopping 960GB 2.5-inch solid-state storage drive clocked at 3.0Gb/s for high performance as well as high capacity. The drive purportedly offers […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

Testing shows Retina Display MacBook Pro capable of powering 3 external monitors

Ok, this is cool. Per Other World Computing, testing has shown that Apple’s new Retina Display-equipped 15-inch MacBook Pro can power up to three external monitors for an impressive total of four screens. The peripheral sales company put the new flagship professional-level laptop through its paces by hooking it up to two iMacs in display […]

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hard drive MacBook Air News

OWC releases 480GB Aura Pro Express SSD for MacBook Air

The good news: You can now snag up to a 480GB solid-state drive for your MacBook Air. The bad part: It ain’t cheap. Per Electronista, Other World Computing has released a 480GB version of its Mercury Aura Pro Express. The new solid-state drive doubles the storage of its SATA3-based, 6Gbps model line. As with other […]