Any news on Bootcamp and 3T Fusion drives?

I will soon get an iMac.. and want to get it with the 3T Fusion drive.. any word on when Bootcamp will be able to work with it?

At the moment, Boot Camp isn't compatible with 3 TB hard drives and Fusion Drive. You have to wait until Apple releases a OS X update that brings 3 TB hard drives compatibility for Boot Camp, or install Windows on a virtual machine. Unfortunately, that's all we can say now

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    |   Name:         Macintosh HD
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    |       Conversion Status:       NoConversion
    |       Conversion Direction:    -none-
    |       Has Encrypted Extents:   No
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    |           Revertible:            No
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