the iMac benchmarks *I'D* like to see --

[eroxx]

I'd like to see benchmarks that compare:

a) A 2012 BTO 27" iMac with 3 TB fusion drive
and
b) a mid-2010 souped up 27" iMac with 256 SSD and a 2TB secondary (internal) drive

thoughts??

 

[apedance]

2012 ... faster!

 

[bflowers]

I got the 1TB fusion, and the extra space wouldn't make a difference. However, I'm not willing to pay for more than $0.99 Geekbench to run the 64bit test. Since I would only ever need to run it once, I'll let someone else do that.

 

[eroxx]

The extra space I'm concerned about is the other 128 of SDD space. I understand that with the fusion drive, the SSD continually saves space for read/write/etc ... But I'm still nervous that a 3TB fusion drive might actually be SLOWER than what I have now (which is all apps on my 256 SSD and all data on my 2TB secondary internal)

 

[apedance]

you have 256 gb of apps? wow.
and all of those apps are heavy apps like photoshop, final cut, etc. ?

 

[eroxx]

well, that's a BIT of a slight exaggeration, but I do have my 256 drive pretty full (about 40 gb empty). But my concern still stands