Apple must offer HDs too, SSDs are still future and low in capacity. Dual 2.5" would be awesome in 24", 750GB HD and 128GB SSD -> I'm buying
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breaking news on new imacs = SSD's!
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I agree. SSD dont have the capacity needed for a desktop computer without the need for an extra HDD. If you brought a iMac with an SSD you would then need to spend another £70-£100 on an external USB/FW HDD to store all your data on. An SSD solution would be fine in a Mac Pro but dont think its a realistic option for an "all in on unit" unless they made room for a 2nd HDD.
Just pull that outta thin air Jimmy?
Anyway, I'm scared to see how much Apple would charge for the G2 Intel's.
It's Solid State Disk. It's same kinda disk that is used in memory sticks, iPhones etc. It's benefits are low power consumption, noiseless and it's A LOT faster than hard drives, mainly because there's no moving parts inside. They are quite expensive still and low in capacity but they are great as a boot drive.
@ fhall1: If you bothered to click quote button, you should have bothered to tell him what it is..
Considering that the top of the iMac line now comes with a 1 TB drive, how in the world could they possibly replace this with an SSD? On newegg, a 256 GB SSD runs $ 639. At the same time, a 1.5 TB drive is $119. No way they could simply replace HD with SSD at the same price point. To get 1.5 TB in SSD you would need to have 6 256 GB ssd, or about $4000. I don't think so.
They will put SSDs in the iMacs. Maybe not all, but some models. Why? Because the Macbook, Apple's most consumer friendly, most popular, best selling laptop computer (and overall Mac computer), has it as a CTO option. It only makes sense to say that the iMac, Apple's most consumer friendly, most popular, best selling desktop computer, should also offer an SSD, CTO option.
The Macbook CTO option kind of makes your argument about the average consumer not knowing or caring about an SSD option altogether mute.
Feed a man a fish....
It's not the job of the folks here to teach someone the most rudimentary things that the first page of a Google search will tell them. Forums like this are a great place for finding out rumors and finding fixes to problems you can't find anywhere else.
If it's an esoteric term, fine, tell someone who asks what it means....but where do you draw the line on what you're doing is enabling laziness? When someone asks what USB is? what a PC is? Open another tab in your browser and Google it is all I'm saying....it's not like I told him to drive to Barnes & Noble and buy a book on it.
I fully disagree. I think you'll see SSD as the standard in, at the very earliest, 3 years. 2011-2013 at the latest is pushing it. Prices have to come down for a company to adopt this tech as standard. Start with econ 101.