Just curious, anyone know if you can get the Fusion Drive and actually disable them to make two separate drives? And is the Fusion Drive bootcamp capable? I'd much rather just have a 512 gig SSD, but that doesn't seem like it'll be an option.
Just curious, anyone know if you can get the Fusion Drive and actually disable them to make two separate drives? And is the Fusion Drive bootcamp capable? I'd much rather just have a 512 gig SSD, but that doesn't seem like it'll be an option.
Coolspot,
Perhaps. However a 700GB hard drive (or whatever that size is) isn't as bad as a 64GB SSD.
In 3-4 years I may be laughed at for having a hard drive on my system.
I know it's going to be expensive, but I want the fastest means of launching all my programs. I don't think, with 400GB of content, that a Fusion drive is going to be the answer.
Maybe I am completely wrong.
There's a disadvantage when you access lots of small files - but you don't have any small files on the HD portion of a Fusion drive!
By buying a large SSD now, you're getting hit with huge Apple margins on a very expensive component that will be rendered obsolete much faster than all of the other items in the system. Its just not a good investment, especially in light of the performance of the Fusiondrive solution.
Time Machine creates what looks like a complete snapshot of your hard drive now. Plus a complete snapshot of your hard drive of an hour ago. One of two hours ago. ... One of 24 hours ago. One of the day before, for several days. Then weekly ones. If you add up all the sizes, it gets enormous.
There's a disadvantage when you access lots of small files - but you don't have any small files on the HD portion of a Fusion drive!.
Just to clarify, Time Machine will only backup changed files after the first backup, keeping all versions until the backup drive is full. Once full, Time Machine will delete the oldest versions from the backup drive to make room for newer.
The OP was worried about watching for a disk full condition, and as you said, Time Machine will manage that by removing redundant old versions of files to keep enough working space.
Furthermore, Time Machine will notify you when your backup disk actually becomes full, such that there are no duplicate versions of files that can be removed in order to add new backup data. Fortunately, I haven't hit that point yet. .
Time Machine doesn't keep duplicate versions of files. Once the backup disk is full, TM will purge older unique versions. I've hit that point a number of times and the system clearly stated what it was doing at the time.
While I understand your argument, it's hard for me to completely agree. If iMacs were user serviceable, things would be different. I hope the fusion drive is only a temporary product - after a period of time SSD will replace spinners completely. We're in the period of transition right now.
I see your logic, but I want pure SSD so badly!
It did notify you before removing files which were the last version of that file which would then be lost forever?
Which is fine for those of you who do not mind opening your computer... and do not worry about the risk of damaging it and voiding a warranty. Many people (myself included)... choose to not take that path.