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Sata 3 Do the new imac's have it
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Doesn't matter. They use really slow 2.5" laptop hard drives.
Even the 7200rpm drive wouldn't come close to the limits of SATA II.
The SSD and fusion options have the SSD directly on the logicboard.
Even the 7200rpm drive wouldn't come close to the limits of SATA II.
The SSD and fusion options have the SSD directly on the logicboard.
lol
I wouldn't keep the Slow drive they have any way.
I will be installing my own SSD, So it does matter if there is Sata 3 .
I wouldn't keep the Slow drive they have any way.
I will be installing my own SSD, So it does matter if there is Sata 3 .
Ever think some of us may want to install a SSD ourselves, instead of paying Apple's exorbitant SSD prices???
Sheesh!!
The 27" does not use a laptop drive. It uses a standard 3.5" desktop HD.
The port is SATA3. Very useful if you want to swap in your own SSD, so it certainly "matters".
Research: good to have done some before commenting!
No hair dryer needed. Cut the foam tape with a plastic pizza cutter, remove screen, remove tape, apply new tape, install drive, close up iMac. Job done.
Yep what joe said.
Already have new role tape on the way , plastic pick to open it.
and the drives will be 2.5" not 3.5 as mentioned in an above post
Already have new role tape on the way , plastic pick to open it.
and the drives will be 2.5" not 3.5 as mentioned in an above post
Let us know first hand if there is any ventilation issues, especially when the fans rack up at maximum speeds for a non-Apple certified drive. Also, you should make certain there is no screen defects (backlight bleeding, yellow/pinkish tints, dead pixels, stuck pixels, pressure marks, and etc) and other issues before you install the drive and find out you need to replace it... It will be time and money wasted just to replace the SSD back with the old drive.
I will be checking for defects before we do it yes.
people with the 21inch haven't said any thing about fans going up.
people with the 21inch haven't said any thing about fans going up.
i would be interested to see the speed difference from using a external ssd threw thunderbolt vs fusion drive vs internal user installed ssd....might be just as good to use external ssd threw thunderbolt and clone mountain lion over to it (using carbon copy or superduper)
Got any proof to back up your false claim?
Please follow your own advice before embarrassing yourself again.
Got any proof to back up your false claim?
Please follow your own advice before embarrassing yourself again.
Show me a 7200 rpm 3TB laptop drive.
I'll wait.
Got any proof to back up your false claim?
Please follow your own advice before embarrassing yourself again.
There are no 2.5" 3TB 9.5mm hdds in existence buddy. The largest one available is 1TB.
Got any proof to back up your false claim?
Please follow your own advice before embarrassing yourself again.
Apple keynote - iMac late 2012 - 3.5" drive.
There is some evidence for his 'false claim' as you so eloquently put it.
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Correct, the only thing larger than 1TB is Western Digital makes a 2TB 2.5" laptop drive but it is 15mm height, getting close to double the height of a normal laptop drive.