Thankfully, for users who actually care about putting that flash storage to good use, there are two options that include the full 128 GB of flash. See for yourself on this excerpt from Apple’s iMac spec page:Īpparently Apple somehow thinks this is acceptable.

In the new iMacs with 1 TB Fusion Drives, however, that number has been cut to an insanely small 24 GB. In previous versions of the Fusion Drive, Apple has included 128 GB of flash storage-enough to store a lot of large apps and files that you use frequently. How significant? The new drives ship with less than one-fifth of the previous flash storage.Ī Fusion Drive, as most readers will likely recall, combines the cheap, vast storage of a traditional hard drive with the speed and efficiency of flash storage, with OS X automatically and intelligently moving files from the hard drive to the flash storage as needed to make those files more easily accessible. According to Apple’s website, the 1 TB Fusion Drives used in the new all-in-ones have seen a significant decrease in the amount of included flash storage.

If you’re one of the many excited buyers chomping at the bit to get one of Apple’s latest-gen Retina iMacs, you might want to take a second to consider the specs on the new models.

Used 2012 macbook pro 3 tb fusion drive