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Re:HDD Shipments Down 20% in Q1 2016, Hit Multi-Year Low by m_eiman on Friday May 13, 2016 @05:13AM (#11689399)
Hard to switch GPUs in an iMac, isn't it?

I have considered switching out both the HDD and the DVD drive to get space to build a Fusion drive, but I kinda want to keep the DVD drive; it's the only one we have in the house.

Hm. Maybe I should build a Fusion drive and add an external optical drive...

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Re:HDD Shipments Down 20% in Q1 2016, Hit Multi-Year Low by beachstartup on Friday May 13, 2016 @10:36AM (#11690639)
not really. it's just a pci card. just make sure you get one with a mac compatible firmware.
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Re:HDD Shipments Down 20% in Q1 2016, Hit Multi-Year Low by m_eiman on Friday May 13, 2016 @11:09AM (#11690807)
It's just a PCI card, buried beneath 51 disassembly steps: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iMac+Intel+21.5-Inch+EMC+2389+G...

A bit more complicated than I'd like :)

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Re:HDD Shipments Down 20% in Q1 2016, Hit Multi-Year Low by beachstartup on Friday May 13, 2016 @02:28PM (#11692246)
i was referring to mac pros. i don't use imacs because of this reason.
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