I just bought the new 27" iMac with the SSD+HDD combo. By default, it looks like everything is on the SSD (including the /Users folder), which means I'm going to fill up the SSD very quickly. Does ...

What I'd like to do is use the SSD for OS, apps and virtual machines, plus anything additional that benefits from fast seek times, and use the HDD for my day-to-day junk - documents, music, etc.

According to TonyMacx86, the mid-2011 iMac lineup integrates the Intel BD82Z68 Platform Controller Hub. Indeed, iFixit’s teardown analysis confirms this. The Intel Z68 platform isn’t set for official ...

While the recent talk surrounding Apple has been focused on the iPhone 4 and its well documented reception troubles, the company is today focusing on bigger and brighter things. Namely, new hardware.

The new 27-inch iMac marks a first for Apple’s popular all-in-one desktop computer—it can host a second drive. But if you think this means the company is releasing its grip on the iMac’s notoriously ...

As part of its radically-redesigned new iMac, Apple announced a new hybrid “fusion drive” for both the iMac and Mac mini. This drive combines a 128GB flash storage drive with a 1TB or 3TB HDD, and ...

In our ongoing effort to provide benchmark data to help you choose the right iMac, we now present test results from a 21.5-inch 2.7GHz Core i5 iMac with a 256GB solid-state drive (SSD). You can use ...

The folks at Bare Feats have put together a handy look at the performance of four of the five storage options available when custom-ordering a new 27-inch iMac through Apple. These include a 1 TB and ...

When I wrote a series of How-To guides showing how easy it was to swap old Mac hard disks for new solid state drives (SSDs), I focused on raw upgrades — slow mechanical drives for fast chip-based ones ...