is there going to be an update option for those who have already bought an "old" imac i7? I do want ssd in my machine and i dont want to break the guarantee.
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Apple's New 27-Inch iMac Supports Secondary Solid State Hard Drive
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Sure. Boot Camp offers to resize the existing partition to make room for the new "BOOTCAMP" (Windows) partition.
FYI, Boot Camp installation guide, FAQ, etc. here: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Anyone considering the dremel hole for an esata interface to the second SATA port? Sounds like a total winner to me!
It might be awkward to use if Apple OSX doesn't support hot swapping the drive.
Thank you.
Kinda sucks though. Would rather have two SSD drives, even with less GB's.
I just took a look at some documentation and in order to add in the SSD drive you need to remove the screen, optical drive, optical fan, IR board, and the logic board. Having worked on other iMacs I would say that this is not easy. The normal HD is the same as always, but the SSD option is shoved in the case.
I'm confused... What "charges" are you talking about?
I've financed a number of products from Best Buy, Dell, etc., and the process is always the same. As long as you make your monthly payments on time, and completely pay off your purchase within the allotted "no interest" period, there are no additional charges.
In every instance so far, I've made my payments and never paid extra charges for it.
If you choose to not make minimum payments every month or do not pay off your purchase in during the "no interest" period, then you are, well, screwed.
Easy. there are plenty of cases where your obliged to get an insurance (usualy costs more than normal) charges for opening and processing paperwork for the credit, etc etc. Its an old trick, nothing new.
FYI.. unless previously mentioned... there is no need for TRIM support on a modern SSD harddrive with garbage collection.
The new Sandforce SSD chipset provides TRIM like support on SSDs called Garbage Collection so Mac OS X does not need TRIM support. One should disabled sleep mode just to avoid extra harddrive writes. A 15sec SSD boot isn't much slower than putting a Mac to sleep and 'waking it up'.
I have a question or two...
My harddrive might be failing with 36 days left on my 1 year warranty. I'm gonna have Apple install an SSD alongside the new HD if I have it repaired... if it'll fit.
Last minute thought / question elaboration...
I want to know the brand/model of the 256GB SSDs Apple uses to make sure I get a modern Sandforce SSD or similar chipset SSD with Garageband collection... AND iMac's due to their design have a HardDrive temperature sensor and I would want to make sure I get an SSD that will be safe in an iMac / Apple approved.
The new Sandforce SSD chipset provides TRIM like support on SSDs called Garbage Collection so Mac OS X does not need TRIM support. One should disabled sleep mode just to avoid extra harddrive writes. A 15sec SSD boot isn't much slower than putting a Mac to sleep and 'waking it up'.
I have a question or two...
- What is the model number of the 256GB SSD Apple uses in its iMacs? (I ask this because not every SSD is the same, there are 150MB/sec and 275MB/sec models, some with Garbage Collection, some without!
- Would a late model 2009 iMac 27in i7, support and fit an SSD and the 1TB stock harddrive? (or is this design limited to new 2010 iMacs?)
My harddrive might be failing with 36 days left on my 1 year warranty. I'm gonna have Apple install an SSD alongside the new HD if I have it repaired... if it'll fit.
Last minute thought / question elaboration...
I want to know the brand/model of the 256GB SSDs Apple uses to make sure I get a modern Sandforce SSD or similar chipset SSD with Garageband collection... AND iMac's due to their design have a HardDrive temperature sensor and I would want to make sure I get an SSD that will be safe in an iMac / Apple approved.
Yeah, that is what I thought when I put a 128GB SSD in my 2009 MBP. You know what -- SSD prices really haven't budged much. I'm still waiting for 256GB SSDs to become affordable. Maybe 2011 will be the year, but not holding my breath.
Jobs has been pretty clear that it won's support USB until Intel does. Not too many USB 3 devices around & Apple/Intel will probably support Light Peak first.
True, as long as you aren't concerned with the issue of write amplification and early death of your SSD.
Note that all of the drives that claim "TRIM not needed" still support TRIM. Doesn't that make you wonder about that claim? Do you think that perhaps garbage collection can do a better job if the OS is smart enough to tell the drive where the garbage is?
LOL - I hope you can blame "Garageband collection" on your spell-checker! And if you're typing on an Apple - very interesting that the software considers "garbage" and "garageband" to be the same.
An interesting claim, considering how many Apples have NVIDIA chipsets, not Intel chipsets.
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Good luck with that. My experience has been that Apple won't do those kinds of after purchase upgrades. Particularly what you are asking for since your machine wasn't ever available with a dual drive of that kind and wasn't likely built to allow one.
Again good luck there. Assuming there's a way to get them to do the upgrade, they probably won't tell you the info if they even know. I've heard them refuse to tell iphone buyers what version of iOS is on the phone about to be bought claiming they don't know. Apparently there is a database that will tell them but I'm guessing they don't want jailbreakers and unlockers to know if they have an easy to break version.
If you are putting it in a model that they never provided an SSD option then it won't be 'Apple approved' no matter what drive you use.
it is depending on which one, but i can guarentee you, apple will use the cheapest possible ********* SSD they can find, that means
no sandforce
no crucial controler
no OCZ revo cards
the best you can hope for is like 200MB/s read, the OCZ revo gets over 600MB/s read (some go up to 800MB/s)
oh BTW a regular 2.5" sandforce controled 256GB is $500ish, a 2TB HDD is $90
No Revo for your Imac!
Note that an OCZ Revo is not a SATA drive, it is solid state storage directly on a full size PCIe x4 slot.
Not to mention that the 120 GB Revo 800MB/s is $459 at Newegg.
Which Apples have PCIe x4 slots anyway?
Note that an OCZ Revo is not a SATA drive, it is solid state storage directly on a full size PCIe x4 slot.
Not to mention that the 120 GB Revo 800MB/s is $459 at Newegg.
Which Apples have PCIe x4 slots anyway?