<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Fusion drive is a great idea if you need to avoid external drives (ie you have a laptop) but I'm not sure they make sense otherwise. You're going to have lots of studio hardware anyway, so I'd add a cheap 4tb external and I'd go for at least 512gb ssd internal instead. In a few years when spinning disks are fully replaced by ssd, you can swap the 4tb over or relegate it to a sneaker net backup drive. This is my setup at the moment, I do everything on the ssd and archive to the external... I regret not getting a 1tb ssd, but then I do a lot of heavy video editing. If you plan on a dual boot with windows you might need 1tb too.</div><div><br></div><div>FireWire to lighting should be fine. </div><div><br></div><div>The retina is something you might be kicking yourself about in a few years if you don't get it, with 4k being heavily pushed for consumer TVs soon, non retina capable machines will look dated in a couple of years imho... Plus you'll be able to edit 4k footage beautifully on the 5k screen - I don't know if this is a factor for you?<br><br>- Andy_R</div><div><br>On 24 Feb 2015, at 15:35, Tony Scharf <<a href="mailto:entropymagnet@noisetheorem.com">entropymagnet@noisetheorem.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr"><pre style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So...my PC DAW died a sudden agonizing death. My data is secure and backed up, but it like looks like the mother board might be hosed. It's been acting up for a while, and the diagnostic I ran showed too many red lights to trust it with production going forward.<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;"><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">So, I'm looking at getting my first Mac. This was the third PC I've had go bad not long out of warranty, and I'm looking to make a switch. My wife's MacBook has been wonderful for her, so I'm just going to suck it up and pay the apple tax.<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;"><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">Right now I'm looking at an iMac 27 inch. Probably not a retina since it will shave some cost. I know to upgrade RAM myself. <br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;"><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">What should I do for storage? What's a fusion drive compared to a flash(I imagine that's Apple speak for SSD?).<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;"><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">Also, how reliable are FireWire to Lightening adapters? I'd rather not also have to upgrade my audio interface. <br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;"><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">What does the bar suggest? </pre><pre style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tony</pre> </div>
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