Hi, I cannot comment on VM-ware fusion per say as I don't use it myself. But, I have heard quite a number of people, both in this community, and the sighted community speak very highly of it. Regarding a Fusion drive vs a regular spinning drive, you will notice a considerable performance difference. All the System files and those which are access often, are normally placed on the SSD or Flash portion of the fusion array, giving you extremely fast access rates. When I created my personal Fusion drive both on my MacBook Pro and my home MacPro, the performance improvements were very noticeable. I'd say to the factor of three to five times in some situations. for example, from power up to the Login screen takes five to seven seconds with the new Fusion setup, whereas it took 30 to 40 seconds with just a spinning drive.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 10, 2016, at 12:12, Joshua Tubbs <ori...@icloud.com> wrote: Hi everyone, On Thursday I will be receiving my new iMac. It is the 2.8 processor with a 2 TB fusion Drive and 16 gigs of RAM. In line with this new Mac, I want performance and speed over space, though I did choose a 2 TB drive because it is The best of both worlds. My concern is fusion. VMware fusion. Last I heard, it will no longer be in development anymore due to most of their staff being laid off. With this in mind, keeping in mind the fact that I do plan on upgrading to macOS Sierra when it comes out, is VMware fusion a viable solution after El Capitan? Also, for those that have fusion drives, how do you like them? Is it better then standard drive you get by default? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
