Even the Fusion Drive (which is a combination of SSD and HDD) will likely be gone. Within a few years, I expect HDDs (hard disk drives) to be history. In fact, thanks to design improvements in the 2015 iMacs, Apple claims the iMac’s Flash Storage is “ up to 2.5 times faster” than the SSD in 2014 iMacs.Ī Fusion Drive is quiet, but an SSD is not only quieter, it’s completely silent. So I knew that the drive was adequately fast and very quiet. My wife already had an iMac with 3TB Fusion Drive. I figured I’d be buying a new Mac before I outgrew that much space. While I could have gotten by with a 2TB drive, it was worth a $100 to have the roominess of an extra TB. While I believe there is no single best choice that applies to everyone, after much internal debate, I found the right one for me.Īt first, it seemed so simple. The dilemma? Whether to get a Fusion Drive or Flash (SSD) Storage? And, especially if the latter, what size drive? So much so, that I almost returned the machine. Even after the iMac arrived, my uncertainty remained. It’s the reason it took me several months from the announcement of the new iMacs last October to finally make the purchase a few weeks ago. However, my indecision over one sticking point almost wound up derailing the move. Overall, I couldn’t be more pleased. The display alone has been enough to justify the upgrade. Recently, I bid adieu to my 7-year-old Mac Pro and replaced it with a 27-inch 5K Retina display iMac.
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