When we talk about the new iMacs today, during the Apple special event, we quickly comment on the Fusion Drive. But the feature is interesting and deserves our highlight.
Below, the explanation given by Apple:
The new iMac comes with an innovative storage option called Fusion Drive, which combines a high-capacity hard drive with high-performance flash storage. Fusion Drive manages your data automatically and intelligently, leaving apps, documents, photos and other files you use the most for faster flash storage and less-used items on your hard drive. Startup time also decreases and, as the system learns to work, applications will start faster and access to files will be easier.
Very cool, isn't it? The most interesting thing is that the user does not need to worry about anything, as all this management of what is left in the HDD and SSD is done automatically by OS X. During the event, Apple commented on the feature while presenting the new generation of iMacs, however the Fusion Drive is also available for Macs mini.
It is worth mentioning, however, that it does not accompany any machine in a standard way, that is, both iMacs and Macs mini leave the factory with conventional HDDs. If you want to equip your machine with such a drive, you will have to customize it via the Apple Online Store.
In the case of iMacs, Fusion Drive options are 1TB and 3TB, with the basic 21.5-inch model not being compatible with it. As for the Mac mini, only the top-of-the-line compatible 1TB Fusion Drive model ($ 250 more per option).
For now, as the new Macs are not yet sold in Brazil, we have no way of knowing the price of this game as soon as we know it, we will communicate here on the website. But nothing stops me from kicking it: the 1TB Fusion Drive costs R $ 750. The 3TB price is difficult to estimate, since we do not even know the dollar price.
