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I am about to buy a new iMac and I have narrowed it down to two options.
B&H has the low end 27 inch with a 1 TB fusion drive for 1599 (and no tax). I would prefer a 256 GB SSD, but if I go with that it bumps the price to $1879. I can also order the SSD version from Apple for 1869 plus tax, and there I would get free Beats headphones for the education promotion and that price includes the magic trackpad (I want this) and numeric keyboard, which would cost more from B&H.
So essentially the choice is between $1599 fusion drive model or $2047 (including tax) SSD model with magic trackpad, numeric keyboard, and beats headphones (which Apple says are worth $300 so I suppose I could sell them).
Any thoughts? For the same price I would jump on the SSD immediately, but for $400 more it's a tougher choice. How much slower is the fusion drive than an SSD? I'm particularly worried about the 1 TB fusion drive which I know only has a tiny amount of flash storage. Also, on my old macbook, the hard drive started slowing down considerably after a few years. Would that also happen with the fusion drive? I'm hoping this computer will last me for a while.
Thanks!
B&H has the low end 27 inch with a 1 TB fusion drive for 1599 (and no tax). I would prefer a 256 GB SSD, but if I go with that it bumps the price to $1879. I can also order the SSD version from Apple for 1869 plus tax, and there I would get free Beats headphones for the education promotion and that price includes the magic trackpad (I want this) and numeric keyboard, which would cost more from B&H.
So essentially the choice is between $1599 fusion drive model or $2047 (including tax) SSD model with magic trackpad, numeric keyboard, and beats headphones (which Apple says are worth $300 so I suppose I could sell them).
Any thoughts? For the same price I would jump on the SSD immediately, but for $400 more it's a tougher choice. How much slower is the fusion drive than an SSD? I'm particularly worried about the 1 TB fusion drive which I know only has a tiny amount of flash storage. Also, on my old macbook, the hard drive started slowing down considerably after a few years. Would that also happen with the fusion drive? I'm hoping this computer will last me for a while.
Thanks!