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Since there seems to be some confusion here on this, here's the official breakdown on the Fusion Drive capacities direct from Apple on the 2017 (and also the 2019) 27" iMac 5K models...
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Looks like this deal is still available at $1399. Is this a good deal? I'm looking to buy a 27'' iMac in the next month.
I do have a family member who works at Apple corporate who can get us 15%...
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Absolutely the better deal. 128GB vs 32GB SSD, upgrading on these models is a PITA and better graphics card.
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Anyone have any idea what is the lifespan for these fusion drives?
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Does this come with a stand?
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Can it be upgraded to NVMe?
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Intel’s cpu mitigation’s hamper the performance of this proc by nearly 30%, FYI.
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worth the price for the stand alone
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Wrong. https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i5-3.4-27-inch-aluminum-retina-5k-mid-2017-specs.html
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Thank you so much for the detailed response :)
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Can anyone recommend good 2x8gb sticks of RAM, to upgrade, TIA 👍
Is it worth it to add more than 16GB of DDR4?
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Mine failed after almost 5 years (the Seagate drive did). With Time Machine backups I wasn't worried. My extended warranty paid for Apple to replace that drive. They returned the iMac to me with...
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Horrible deal for two year old tech + slow fusion drive
$1400+ tax YGBFKM
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Just get OWC branded RAM and save yourself the hassle. Not the cheapest but generally considered to be the best and free of surprises. (though I do see that I spent a lot more for this ram 18mos ago...
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I was purchasing an iMac in 2017 and wanted one of these but after demoing one, it was really sluggish and didn’t even keep up with my 2014 MacBook Air in terms of opening applications and general...
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Theres tax in NC.... better edit the OP. BHphoto isnt the tax free store it once was. Thats why they have the "payboo" card now.
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can you recommend which one you got for both items? And what do you do now with the internal drive, storage only? Does it have the system still on it or did you wipe that?
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The fusion drive is basically a regular hard drive paired with a PCIe SSD for caching and it looks like one drive. Your OS and most commonly used files are stored on the SSD. If you have to go the...
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8 gig ram is a jock
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Fusion Drive is two separate drives ‘fused’ together. It contains a Serial ATA drive (that’s a regular hard drive with a spinning plate inside that you find in most desktops) and a solid-state drive...
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Stay away from this computer. We have three at work and they are fristratingly slow (we mostly use MS Office)
The 8GB RAM induced is not enough. After updating to 16GB, the system is useful,...
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Only if you include your first-born child in the transaction.
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It depends on your use, Memory on the Apple 27" 5K 2017 model is very easy to upgrade, it has memory upgrade access panel above the power supply. For myself, 1TB fusion drive is way more than enough.
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I work in data recovery. They are recoverable but now you have two points of failure. a crappy ssd and what used to be a seagate 3tb which is the worst drive ever manufactured. You also need both for...
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thank you!
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I have this model. The Fusion drive is slow, especially if you're coming from a NVMe drive on a Macbook. While the SATA spinning disc is technically replaceable, the internal NVMe drive isn't really...
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Does Best Buy do PM to this company ?
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They do NOT any more. This changed in November. I ordered one from BB (for easier returns), and called for a price match. Didn't believe the rep, so I looked it up for myself.
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Amazing deal. Still have the first gen 5k iMac that was $2500 for just the base model... for now think I’ll wait for thinner bezel Face ID enabled redesign.
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This unit has 1TB Fusion drive not GB
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Could you explain this bit better please? Does this apply to all the option of processors in this AIO lineup? I cannot even figure out which generation I5 this is....
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Because you essentially have to disable many of the Intel performance-enhancing features to guard against this big problem.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/261792-what-is-speculative-execution
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It’s not a very funny one.
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Mine failed after 4 years. Using an external ssd now
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Fusion Drive is HDD + SSD.
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What does the image show? Stand or no stand? Let us know!
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I picked this up for the $1599 i5-7600k/8gb RAM/AMD 580/2Tb fusion drive model:
Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) SR x8 SODIMM 260-Pin for Mac - CT2K8G4S24AM
It's roughly $80...
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thats weird. I was able to price match earlier today by calling the 800 number. I guess I got a newbie rep.
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I went with the 2tb (128gb SSD portion) version and put another 32gb ram in before even turning it on. Went from an 8700k, 64gb ram windows machine. Its not rippin fast, but it handles...
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Plus tax in NY
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