I am interested in getting an iMac 27" but you can only select one drive. I'd like 512GB SSD for the main drive and a 3TB drive for storage.
What are my options for making that happen?
Can I buy it with 512GB storage and ask the apple store to install a 3TB drive in addition? (I don't want to mess with pulling screens and retapeing things.
There is obviously space for both since a Fusion set up has a HD and SSD.
Edit: Alternately would a USB 3.0 harddrive have comparable performance to the built in SATA? I know the transfer rates are comparable, but are the IOPS comparable?
Edit 2: How does over provisioning SSDs work on a mac. If I have a 512GB drive can I just make the partition 450GB and it will be smart enough to use the 62GB for scratch/overprovisioning?
What are my options for making that happen?
Can I buy it with 512GB storage and ask the apple store to install a 3TB drive in addition? (I don't want to mess with pulling screens and retapeing things.
There is obviously space for both since a Fusion set up has a HD and SSD.
Edit: Alternately would a USB 3.0 harddrive have comparable performance to the built in SATA? I know the transfer rates are comparable, but are the IOPS comparable?
Edit 2: How does over provisioning SSDs work on a mac. If I have a 512GB drive can I just make the partition 450GB and it will be smart enough to use the 62GB for scratch/overprovisioning?
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