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New iMac storage options - how do you read it?
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Unfortunately... I think you are correct. If the description is technically accurate... the "or" indicates they are mutually exclusive.
I would prefer to get either:
a) 768GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
b) 768GB SSD + 3 TB Fusion drive
If in fact you can get either of the above... that is what I will order. What I expect that I will use is a 768GB SSD + 8TB Pegasus R4 (configured as 4TB RAID 10).
I suspect that I will keep iTunes and iMovie media on the Pegasus. I'll keep everything else (including my Aperture library) on the SSD.
/Jim
So it seems that the leaked photo that has been circulating online was indeed that of the 21.5"
We can discern this by the fact that the 21.5" comes with 5400rpm hard drives. Also, that the 21.5" has less internal space. Therefore, it's safe to say that the disk used is 2.5" - which was seen in that leaked photo.
My question is, do we foresee a all flash 21.5" being available? It currently isn't listed. Hoping this changes, as I really would like to not be bumped into the $1799 27" tier to achieve all flash storage.
We can discern this by the fact that the 21.5" comes with 5400rpm hard drives. Also, that the 21.5" has less internal space. Therefore, it's safe to say that the disk used is 2.5" - which was seen in that leaked photo.
My question is, do we foresee a all flash 21.5" being available? It currently isn't listed. Hoping this changes, as I really would like to not be bumped into the $1799 27" tier to achieve all flash storage.
Seagate's Momentus XT worked very well from a performance level. I doubt the Fusion Drive is controlled at the OS, but more via the disk firmware (just the OS now has hooks into this). That's what allowed the Momentus XT to work well regardless of OS.
The big difference is the Momentus XT only had 4/8GB of SLC SSD for cache, where the Fusion drive has a massive 128GB MLC SSD for cache.
Unlikely I'm afraid. Why wouldn't they have listed it now if it was? It's the one I would have gone for. Now I'm stuck between 21" with HDD or trying to find extra money for the 27" and the SSD. The refurb option is suddenly looking appealing.
You and I are in the same boat.
I just feel like a spinning disk has no business in any non tower style computer these days. Especially increasingly-more-difficult-to-open Apple computers.
Couldn't agree more. Trouble with the HDD is its not a question of if it will fail but when. Basically I feel I'm being pushed to spend more money or buy older technology. If I do that I will defiantly want to sell before my AppleCare expires. In which case I upgrade sooner than planed and apple still get even more of my money.
I suppose I could go down the external route once it fails but it's hardly going to be an all in one with the time machine, external ODD and then the external storage. And won't that be 3 of my 4 USB's gone. Add a USB hub for good measure and I've now got one cluttered desk for an all in one!
I'm also on the fence between the Fusion drive and the 768GB SSD drive. I want the option of speed and drive space together. If the Fusion drive is so fast (as the graph in Apple's keynote indicates), why do they also offer the SSD-only drive as an option? I hope we'll see some benchmarks of the Fusion drive in the 21" before the 27" is available (so I can better make my decision).
-racher
-racher
From this image, you can see that flash storage is on-chip like in macbook airs, and as a matter of fact this actual configuration seems to show that HDD + Flash is indeed an option.
Looking forward to see how Apple will handle BTO options on these...
Looking forward to see how Apple will handle BTO options on these...
Just FYI - The Mac Mini is available now. This means you can see how much Fusion Drives are. For 128Gb + 1Tb it looks like £200 (UK).
Thanks. I hadn't downloaded the keynote podcast yet, but I was pretty certain that's what I had seen.
And even if it's NOT an option, someone will sell the HDD bracket, cables, and fusion drive itself.
To clarify... that's the upgrade cost over just the 1TB drive. And in the US it's $250. Not as bad as I had feared.
I agree that it looks like 768GB SSD + 3TB HDD is technically feasible. I hope they offer it in a BTO option.
I already have the 8TB Pegasus R4... so that will certainly play into my storage hierarchy. Worse case... I'd use CCC to perform a 4am sync of my Pegasus data onto the internal HDD... just to be able to keep running in case of a Pegasus failure.
/Jim