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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1789140" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>There is nothing "wrong" with fusion drives. But by fusing two drives like that, if either one fails, you lose everything stored on both of them. Given that SSD and HD prices are coming down, it just seems to make better sense to get a true SSD drive for the internal use and a big external HD to store the data. Interfaces are now tremendously fast (Thunderbolt, USB3 and USB-c), so the data transfer speeds for externals is really good, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1789140, member: 396914"] There is nothing "wrong" with fusion drives. But by fusing two drives like that, if either one fails, you lose everything stored on both of them. Given that SSD and HD prices are coming down, it just seems to make better sense to get a true SSD drive for the internal use and a big external HD to store the data. Interfaces are now tremendously fast (Thunderbolt, USB3 and USB-c), so the data transfer speeds for externals is really good, too. [/QUOTE]
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