Who's got the 2019 i5 3.7 iMac?

[dlewis23]

I’ve had a number of Macs with fusion drives (including my current i9 iMac) and they are fine for most everyone, myself included. And I’ve never had one fail.

The speed advantages of a SSD are overblown - a normal user will never notice them.

Totally untrue and inaccurate. The moment you get into a work flow that fills up the SSD size of the fusion drive, overall performance is cut by a huge margin. And this is very easy to do.

I've had fusion drives in my last 2 iMacs and now have a 2019 with SSD only and the difference really is night a day.

 

[BigBoy2018]

Totally untrue and inaccurate. The moment you get into a work flow that fills up the SSD size of the fusion drive, overall performance is cut by a huge margin. And this is very easy to do.

I've had fusion drives in my last 2 iMacs and now have a 2019 with SSD only and the difference really is night a day.

These guys who still defend the fusion drives (here in late 2019 no less) clearly have not spent much time with ssd only systems, or theyre incredibly unperceptive.
The much higher failure rate should make them shy away from any spinning drive technology.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

My, my, my . . .

Certainly seems to gore the ox of a few people by correctly pointing out that for MOST people the speed advantage of a SSD over a fusion drive is overstated.

And the use of an ad hominem really says everything.

 

[Wolf1701]

Really, it's very simple. SSD are way better than fusion, for speed, failure, heat, noise. That's it. Now, in an AIO those are things that makes a difference. Fusion works, it can be cheaper, it can be enough. But it's just a patch between spinning and ssd. And now, with TB3, it can rest in peace.

 

[Lankyman]

Totally untrue and inaccurate. The moment you get into a work flow that fills up the SSD size of the fusion drive, overall performance is cut by a huge margin. And this is very easy to do.

I've had fusion drives in my last 2 iMacs and now have a 2019 with SSD only and the difference really is night a day.

Not seeing what you are seeing. There again I'm just an average user and like the other poster commented for most Mac users a Fusion Drive is more than enough and all the drive they're ever likely to need. As said previously I have two other machines with dedicated SSD and for me their use is overblown hyperbole.
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Really, it's very simple. SSD are way better than fusion, for speed, failure, heat, noise. That's it. Now, in an AIO those are things that makes a difference. Fusion works, it can be cheaper, it can be enough. But it's just a patch between spinning and ssd. And now, with TB3, it can rest in peace.

Still far to expensive on BTO from Apple and who buys an AIO to then use an external drive? Totally defeats the reason for buying an AIO.

 

[Wolf1701]

from Apple and who buys an AIO to then use an external drive? Totally defeats the reason for buying an AIO.

Uhm, not in Apple world where mac mini and mac pro are the only "alternatives".