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Jorn · #1 10-28-2012, 10:38 PM

With the economy blossoming again I was thinking about getting one. 27", 32 gig of ram and 3tb of disk space.

Hatterasguy · #2 10-28-2012, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jorn

With the economy blossoming again I was thinking about getting one. 27", 32 gig of ram and 3tb of disk space.

I don't need that much storage but I want the 32 gig, and a 1T solid state drive if its offered.

Jorn · #3 10-29-2012, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

I don't need that much storage but I want the 32 gig, and a 1T solid state drive if its offered.

With editing 1080P HD and soon 2K and 4K footage 3TB is filled up really fast.

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Originally Posted by MTI

The Fusion drive is literally a hybrid drive. The OS software keeps track of which applications and files you use the most and put those files on the solid state drive (SSD) portion of the drive; with the remainder going to the traditional spinning disc and read/write heads. The result is faster booting of the OS and the apps and files you work with the most.

Apple being Apple giving it a fancy name.

Ara T. · #4 10-29-2012, 03:23 AM

Intel has their own fancy name for it as well, RapidStorage. My Lenovo was equipped as such from the factory. Im not a fan personally. You have no control over what the SSD reads/writes, i'd rather have the OS on the SSD and a few choice programs/games i run all the time. I guess it's better than just a plain mechanical drive though.

Going from conventional mechanical hard disks to SSD is a huge performance bump. It's about as radical as the difference of going from a single core CPU to a dual core was. My desktop now starts up faster than it wakes up from sleep mode.. no point to that anymore.

Those all in one desktop machines are horrible (whether they be Apple, HP, Lenovo etc). The whole advantage to a desktop is you can easily replace parts that fail since everything is separate. If say the onboard video on those all in ones burns out, you are basically out the cost of the machine, unless you purchased a 300 dollar extended warranty. If the display goes, you're done. If the motherboard goes, good luck sourcing a cheap replacement.

Hatterasguy · #5 10-29-2012, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Intel has their own fancy name for it as well, RapidStorage. My Lenovo was equipped as such from the factory. Im not a fan personally. You have no control over what the SSD reads/writes, i'd rather have the OS on the SSD and a few choice programs/games i run all the time. I guess it's better than just a plain mechanical drive though.

Going from conventional mechanical hard disks to SSD is a huge performance bump. It's about as radical as the difference of going from a single core CPU to a dual core was. My desktop now starts up faster than it wakes up from sleep mode.. no point to that anymore.

Those all in one desktop machines are horrible (whether they be Apple, HP, Lenovo etc). The whole advantage to a desktop is you can easily replace parts that fail since everything is separate. If say the onboard video on those all in ones burns out, you are basically out the cost of the machine, unless you purchased a 300 dollar extended warranty. If the display goes, you're done. If the motherboard goes, good luck sourcing a cheap replacement.

Makes no difference to me since I can't fix it myself anyway. The Applecare is a great warranty, I bought it for my moms laptop too.