


If you have the budget, always, always, buy a fusion drive or flash drive. I'm not a computer expert so this was my HARD way of learning the importance and difference of a HDD (even though is 7200 rpm) and a SSD drive. Boot time on the MBP is way faster, app open time is 2 seconds compared to 14-15 seconds on the iMac (HDD), and at some instances in very demanding situations, it would lag a little. I got it on sale for $200 less, and being new to the iMac world I thought this would be a good entry point to give it a shot.ĭon't take me wrong, this is a very, very nice computer, much better than any PC I have ever owned, but I also have to mention that I own a MBP 2015 model with an SSD drive in it, and when I compared the speed between the two is night and day. I purchased two years ago a 27" 5K iMac, base configuration. Well, here is my experience which I hope would be helpful for some of you to make a good decision going forward.
