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Questions about gaming on imac

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H00aoj

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Nov 16, 2012
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Hello,

I going to buy the new imac when its availble, and ive never owned a Mac before so this will be my first experience with apple computers.

Im going for the 21" version. I need to bootcamp Windows so i can play some games if i want. I dont really get how the fusion drive works with this - can i choose fusion drive and still run Windows 7 with it? I need some advice on this, hope u guys can help me out and recommend which specs to choose for random gaming on Windows.

Thanks!:)
 
James_C

James_C

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H00aoj said:
Hello,

I going to buy the new imac when its availble, and ive never owned a Mac before so this will be my first experience with apple computers.

Im going for the 21" version. I need to bootcamp Windows so i can play some games if i want. I dont really get how the fusion drive works with this - can i choose fusion drive and still run Windows 7 with it? I need some advice on this, hope u guys can help me out and recommend which specs to choose for random gaming on Windows.

Thanks!:)
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You can use bootcamp with the 1TB fusion drive, but at the moment it does not work with the 3TB fusion drive. Link to Apple Support Article.
 
EPiCDiNGO

EPiCDiNGO

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Sep 10, 2012
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The fusion drive will let u install windows on bootcamp but u will only get the speeds of the 5200rpm HDD not the fusion SSD+HDD combo as it installs windows onto the 1TB HDD. :apple:
 
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H00aoj

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Thanks! 1TB will be enough for me then! So I will experience the benefits with fusion drive on Mac OS bur not while running Windows?
 
forty2j

forty2j

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H00aoj said:
Thanks! 1TB will be enough for me then! So I will experience the benefits with fusion drive on Mac OS bur not while running Windows?
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Correct. Fusion isn't a new kind of drive, it's OS X software combining SSD and HDD in a new way.
 
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