IMac SSD Question.

I'm just wondering if I order my iMc now (without an SSD) can I later down the road send it back into Apple and get them to put one in and I just pay for it? Just wondering.

You could take it in, but it won't be cost feasible.
I was quoted $600 to upgrade a 350GB hard drive to a larger 750GB one, the cost of the hard drive was about $200 at the time. I did it myself for $300 and got a faster 7,200 RPM enterprise higher quality level drive in the process. Of course I had a MacBook Pro that I could open and do that.
You can't open your iMac and replace the drive like you can in the MacBook Pro and MacPro lines, even if you could you don't have the proprietary software Apple places on the drive for heat monitoring and your machine will not function correctly.
With the cost of SSD in larger capacities like 480GB running about $1200-$1500, say in a couple of years it drops to $800 for parts, with Apple's 3x markup, that's around $2400.
If you want to exchange parts, make upgrades, make your machine last twice as long, your going to have to go with a MacPro which allows for flexibility to do whatever you need to do.

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Hello ,
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Quote from: Rudolphus on 01-August-13, 17:24:46
Hello ,
1- What is the model of this SSD GE 70 2OE ? Sandisk ? Kingston ? Please Model Name ?
2- How Much Life SSD ? 1 Year ? 2 Year ?
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