Can I configure a new imac with separate ssd and hd

    I don't know for sure if it's been announced so this information may not be out there and I realize we are not supposed to speculate. Havinvg said that can anyone comment on whether it will be possible to configure a new iMac with both and SSD and HD drive without using a fusion drive?
   For video editing I don't think I want a fusion drive. I'm either going to get a refurb soon or wait ... and the whole fusion thing is such an unknown for video editing. If I order without more vid editing information with regard to a fusion drive I'd probably want an SSD boot and internal.... I'd use my externals for most work but an ssd plus internal hd would be nice.
   thoughts?

Based on the tech specs here, it appears the 27" iMac has one space for hard drive, fusion drive, or SSD, which are orderable on a build-to-order system.

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I haven't received the imac yet so I'm not sure if it will come preloaded with Lion.

Well, if it comes with Lion preinstalled, then you will most likely not be able to boot into Snow Leopard. The point is that no Mac can boot an OS older than what it came with: notable exceptions would be Macs that are manufactured right around the time of a new OS release; in those cases, it may or may not be possible. It would depend on the machine and OS builds - you would have to ask Apple if it would be possible in your case.
If you ordered a refurb from the Apple store, then when was it manufactured? And, they do show which OS is loaded on that page.

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When you setup the wireless and ethernet in the computer.. ipv6 will be on automatic.. this is wrong for the latest TC firmware and airport utility. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4597
Go to the wireless and ethernet setup in preferences and change ipv6 to link local.
Once you do the big backup by ethernet the wireless will function fine for incremental.. it is obviously not estimating the size correctly..
A full back-up on the iMac would be about 650 GB. The partial updates that I have been trying start out at 115MB and keep growing indefinitely. The original back-up never finished nor have any of the follow-up attempts.
The first estimate should be the full backup but it will keep growing as the backup advances.. I would also delete any inprogress files to make sure it is not messing up .. delete even a sparsebundle if there is one for the imac on the TC and start afresh once you have ethernet connection.
See A10 here.
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It is a little late in the game to find one at Apple, much less one from an Apple Reseller like Fry's or Best Buy. For example, late last year I found a new 2010 Mac Mini that was still on Snow Leopard at the Sacramento Fry's, but it was there last one.
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see > The Mac Store - Pre-Owned / Used Macs - Used MacBooks, Mac Pros & More
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This is one of those a friend of a friend of a friend told me this. His friend, who shoots video that's shown on a local access channel, just bought the latest iMac. I don't know what this person's set up is or what kind of equipment is, but he claims that he might have to upgrade his cameras because he can't import the footage. I'm interested in investing in the new iMac but hesitate because I do a lot of amateur video work (weddings, birthday parties, etc.) Anyone heard anything about this? By the way, I use a two year old HD Sony video camera and use FCS 7. All video is stored on an external hard drive.

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The model of Mac you use has nothing to do with your ability to import footage. The version of FCP you use CAN affect that a great deal, though.
Specifically what make/model camera do you plan to be using for this work? BTW, weddings and events are a very profitable niche profession. I have friends who make good livings for years doing only that.

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Ok, so here is what i want to do:
I just got an 20 inch Imac 2.4Ghz, and i have a MacBook Black 2.0 Ghz (late 2006), i want to know if i can use the extra RAM i have in my macbook for the iMac, since the MacBook has two 1Gb modules, i want to give one of those to the iMac so it has 2Gb instead of two, i also got an HD 320gb in my macbook i want to know if i can put that one in the iMac instead the 250GB that comes with, and put the 250GB HD to the Macbook, i havent turned on the imac so i want to know if i put that new HD to my macbook when i turn it on it will start like a new mac with the initial confoguration, cause thats what i want it cause im gonna give the macbook to someone else.
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No the 2008 Early iMac's use PC2-6400 800MHz ram, while the 2006 thru 2007 iMac's and MacBooks use PC2-5300 667MHz ram.
No the Desktop iMac's have Serial ATA 7200 rpm 3.5" HD's and the MacBooks use Serial ATA 5400 rpm 2.5" HD's
Here are the spec's for:
The Early 2008 iMac: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP485
The Late 2006 MacBook: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP24
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http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/migration.html
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