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Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2013 13:45

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TomOC wrote: There is an article in this month's Macworld on fusion drives and DIY fusion drives. It's not a new concept but Apple seems to have done some great software magic to make it really be seamless to the users.

I would read this article before venturing into DIY and then, as JK advised, would do the SSD as an external (no real speed loss with thunderbolt anyhow)

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I dont know enough about the fusion drive workings and engineering but it required a SSD for short term data use (OS and frequently used data) and a HD for longer term data and application storage.

Like Tom says there are options but it also depends on which machine you have to do the work on. Apple will not do it for you so it is either an Apple dealer with a good techie or a DIY job.

The new Unibody Macs are less deconstructable than the older ones and the MBAir is a nightmare as is the new iMacs.
Apple aint making it easier for us to fiddle! ;-)

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Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2013 16:46

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I think the main difference between the do-it-yourself version and the Apple version is that Apple software selects your most heavily used files and keeps them on the SSD (it also keeps 4 GB as a buffer for files currently in use). On the other hand, the best of my knowledge the do-it-yourself version requires you to manually decide what files and apps will be on the SSD.

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Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2013 17:34

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My understanding is that applications are automatically held on the SSD.

According to a post by very knowledgable Apple expert I read the other day, the biggest technical innovation that Apple has brought to the feature is not fragmenting the documents. Apparently that is key to the thing being suitable for general use and the 'intelligent' choice of what to move where. The OS needs room to expand and contract, so it has space allocated for that on the SSD, also the cashes need room to work.

It's a very interesting feature.

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