Now we just need some SSD + HDD options and everyone will be happy.
Apple today quietly expanded the available configuration options for the Retina MacBook Pro, now offering a full slate of individual upgrade options on the base model that starts at $2199. Previously, customers who opted for the base model were locked into a 2.3 GHz Core i7 processor and 256 GB of flash storage, with the only configurable onboard option being a $200 RAM upgrade from 8 GB to 16 GB. Customers looking to boost either the CPU or storage were required to step up to the high-end $2799 model, which offers both a 2.6 GHz i7 processor and 512 GB of storage, with additional upgrades beyond that.
Apple is now offering all available upgrades on the low-end model, giving customers full control over their configuration needs.
Pity those who got the high-end 21.5 inch imac just to be able to upgrade to the fusion drive
The Fusion drive option is good enough already for people like me.
So glad I didn't jump onto purchasing the maxed out 27 inch yet. Still need time to think.
Looks like there's now less reason to buy the 21.5-inch: 2.9GHz model
LOL, being early adopter is not a safe business... all those who were buying high 21incher just for fussion cant be happy today
Is there any way at all to complain, exchange or similar?
Let's us not get carried away. It was added as an option to the "low-end" iMac 21.5. You should have ordered the "high-end" 21.5 iMac instead, if you wanted fusion.
Big deal. What about giving us more affordable SSD-only options. I never gonna get a fusion drive, to me it's just a cheaper compromise to proper SSD setups - retaining all the negatives of the old-fashioned HDs.
By getting an all SSD solution, you get a more reliable machine, faster (all the time), less noise, less heat etc..
Maybe I'm the first! Ordered 21 base w/ Fusion today when I saw this thread. Just need a hub Mac to web browse, mail, some minor photo video editing, backup iPad and Touch.
I have a build-my-own PC, but really just done with all that since my work computer is a 13" Air. I almost picked up the base on that Friday they came out in the Apple store, but with my experience with SSD on the Air, there was no way I was going w/ a spinning disk.
Was playing around with the 27, very nice, but just don't need all that desktop for what I'm going to do with it. With the education discount, my 21 w/ fusion comes to $1474 before taxes. Not going to utilize $180 in additional 8gb of ram and don't need the extra GHz on the processor. If I went with the 27, I would have wanted to get the 680 which would have brought the price tag up to ~$2260.
I contemplated a Mini w/ monitor, but once I saw fusion available on the base iMac, it became clear that a base iMac w/ fusion was the going to be the best bang for my buck.
What if he ordered the "high-end" 21.5" iMac just to get Fusion Drive? Now it's available on the "low-end", thus making him feel robbed out.
Now all we need is the option of getting the GTX 680MX on the base 27", then I'm all set!
Is there any way at all to complain, exchange or similar?
Pity those who got the high-end 21.5 inch imac just to be able to upgrade to the fusion drive