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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1916027" data-attributes="member: 83420">Hi LisaAlways a personal opinion based on personal experience.I got one of the early Fusion iMacs being, at that time, the only realistic choice.&nbsp; I found that it worked fine, but experienced the following:In order to utilise the faster SSD part which is small, storage wise, I was advised by Apple, at the time, to move my home folder to the SSD.&nbsp; Exact details escape my memory, but things went okay till they didn't and I had to send the iMac to Apple under warranty.It never worked properly from then on.&nbsp; On 2 or 3 occasions the &quot;Fusion&quot; broke and Apple had to talk me through the process of uniting them, via Terminal - which is scary if, like me, I have zero Terminal skills.Oh, BTW, when you do TM backups, they work as you'd expect, but in fact they create 2 BUs - SSD and Spinner - and I only found this out when I got my next iMac and had to do 2 transfers from TM to the new iMac with a single spinner.&nbsp; More problems.&nbsp; Apple to the rescue.As your purchase would be out of warranty, I'd advise against Fusion.&nbsp; Now, my experience may be a one-off.&nbsp; But I'd go for the SSD as it will be way faster and you wouldn't have to worry about potential Fusion issues.NB. A very personal opinion.Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1916027, member: 83420"] Hi Lisa Always a personal opinion based on personal experience. I got one of the early Fusion iMacs being, at that time, the only realistic choice. I found that it worked fine, but experienced the following: In order to utilise the faster SSD part which is small, storage wise, I was advised by Apple, at the time, to move my home folder to the SSD. Exact details escape my memory, but things went okay till they didn't and I had to send the iMac to Apple under warranty. It never worked properly from then on. On 2 or 3 occasions the "Fusion" broke and Apple had to talk me through the process of uniting them, via Terminal - which is scary if, like me, I have zero Terminal skills. Oh, BTW, when you do TM backups, they work as you'd expect, but in fact they create 2 BUs - SSD and Spinner - and I only found this out when I got my next iMac and had to do 2 transfers from TM to the new iMac with a single spinner. More problems. Apple to the rescue. As your purchase would be out of warranty, I'd advise against Fusion. Now, my experience may be a one-off. But I'd go for the SSD as it will be way faster and you wouldn't have to worry about potential Fusion issues. NB. A very personal opinion. Ian [/QUOTE]

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