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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1641239" data-attributes="member: 307555"><p>So to translate - You can buy two identical iMacs with different hard drives. If you asked for 1TB hard drives it is extremely possible the person you worked with at Best Buy did not know what a Fusion drive was versus a regular mechanical hard drive. And it looks like you got one of each.</p><p></p><p>A fusion drive is a blend of an SSD and a mechanical drive. The SSD portion is 128GB and the mechanical is 1TB or 1000GB. In actuality it is 1128GB. The operating system is located on the 128GB and it makes it load and perform much faster. The two parts of the hard drive will perform together great. </p><p></p><p>The other mac with the 1TB mechanical hard drive is actually 1TB (well a little less because there is always reserve space). It will be a tad slower but will run just fine. </p><p></p><p>Also in Disk Utility on the one with that shows Macintosh HD -> Macintosh HD, click on the second Macintosh HD and you should see some more tab. Try it with the other one too to see what it shows. </p><p></p><p>Lisa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1641239, member: 307555"] So to translate - You can buy two identical iMacs with different hard drives. If you asked for 1TB hard drives it is extremely possible the person you worked with at Best Buy did not know what a Fusion drive was versus a regular mechanical hard drive. And it looks like you got one of each. A fusion drive is a blend of an SSD and a mechanical drive. The SSD portion is 128GB and the mechanical is 1TB or 1000GB. In actuality it is 1128GB. The operating system is located on the 128GB and it makes it load and perform much faster. The two parts of the hard drive will perform together great. The other mac with the 1TB mechanical hard drive is actually 1TB (well a little less because there is always reserve space). It will be a tad slower but will run just fine. Also in Disk Utility on the one with that shows Macintosh HD -> Macintosh HD, click on the second Macintosh HD and you should see some more tab. Try it with the other one too to see what it shows. Lisa [/QUOTE]
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