Are there already some video's of older imacs with fusion drives? does it fit? does it work ? or better to buy a m4 crucial in combination with the normal hdd ?
Are there already some video's of older imacs with fusion drives? does it fit? does it work ? or better to buy a m4 crucial in combination with the normal hdd ?
Fusion drive isn't "a" drive. It's not a single drive with a flash cache either. It's a fusion of different drive modules merged in OS X to get the best of both worlds in one virtual drive.
Yeah i know what it is, you can build an "fusion drive" with a normal hdd and SSD but you will use 2 spots in your imac for these 2 devices. The "real" fusion drive from apple is 1 piece of hardware.
But can you buy it seperatly? is it faster then a hdd + ssd?
Yeah i know what it is, you can build an "fusion drive" with a normal hdd and SSD but you will use 2 spots in your imac for these 2 devices. The "real" fusion drive from apple is 1 piece of hardware.
But can you buy it seperatly? is it faster then a hdd + ssd?
In the mini it is definitely two separate drives, a 128GB 2.5" form factor SSD and a 1 TB 2.5" form factor 5400 rpm HDD.
I haven't yet seen the teardown of a 21.5" Fusion Drive iMac, but I'm guessing it will have the 128GB SSD in chip format (like the MBA) and a regular 2.5" HDD (since there isn't room for two 2.5" drives).
In the mini it is definitely two separate drives, a 128GB 2.5" form factor SSD and a 1 TB 2.5" form factor 5400 rpm HDD.
I haven't yet seen the teardown of a 21.5" Fusion Drive iMac, but I'm guessing it will have the 128GB SSD in chip format (like the MBA) and a regular 2.5" HDD (since there isn't room for two 2.5" drives).
It hasn't been confirmed, but it's probably a card much like some of the Air SSDs:
It looks like if you don't buy the Fusion Drive version of the iMac, you can't expect to find a socket for it.
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Are there already some video's of older imacs with fusion drives? does it fit? does it work ? or better to buy a m4 crucial in combination with the normal hdd ?
Fusion drive isn't "a" drive. It's not a single drive with a flash cache either. It's a fusion of different drive modules merged in OS X to get the best of both worlds in one virtual drive.
http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/fusion-drive-quick-look-our-predictions-confirmed/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5446?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I think a forum regular got one going, but I forget who.
Yeah i know what it is, you can build an "fusion drive" with a normal hdd and SSD but you will use 2 spots in your imac for these 2 devices. The "real" fusion drive from apple is 1 piece of hardware.
But can you buy it seperatly? is it faster then a hdd + ssd?
Originally Posted by darkvisje
The "real" fusion drive from apple is 1 piece of hardware.
NO. IT. IS. NOT.
Are you listening to us?!
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Originally Posted by darkvisje
Yeah i know what it is, you can build an "fusion drive" with a normal hdd and SSD but you will use 2 spots in your imac for these 2 devices. The "real" fusion drive from apple is 1 piece of hardware.
But can you buy it seperatly? is it faster then a hdd + ssd?
In the mini it is definitely two separate drives, a 128GB 2.5" form factor SSD and a 1 TB 2.5" form factor 5400 rpm HDD.
I haven't yet seen the teardown of a 21.5" Fusion Drive iMac, but I'm guessing it will have the 128GB SSD in chip format (like the MBA) and a regular 2.5" HDD (since there isn't room for two 2.5" drives).
It hasn't been confirmed, but it's probably a card much like some of the Air SSDs:
It looks like if you don't buy the Fusion Drive version of the iMac, you can't expect to find a socket for it.