Is the iMac hard drive user upgradable/changeable?

[badlydrawnboy]

If I order a retina iMac with 3 TB fusion, and later decide I want to put a 512/1 TB SSD in it with TB external storage, is that possible without going all Macgyver and voiding my warranty?

 

[Intell]

Apple does not list the hard drive in iMacs as being a user replaceable part.

 

[nionelle]

ifixit have done a tear-down which suggests it can be replaced, but it involves cutting the double sided tape and taking the screen out completely, then re-taping. I'm guessing that's more than most people would be comfortable with, and I doubt your warranty would like it either.

 

[NT1440]

Fusion Drives cannot be modified by a user.

You CAN swap the HDD (not the SSD), but got luck ever making it a fusion drive again, it's quite the process.