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The Acer is probably flash memory, not an SSD. The $1500 iMac has a "1 TB fusion drive" which is apparently a hybrid of flash memory and an HDD (and all iMacs

The Acer is probably flash memory, not an SSD. The $1500 iMac has a "1 TB fusion drive" which is apparently a hybrid of flash memory and an HDD (and all iMacs have the option to be configured with an SSD). I have no idea why they don't have it by default. They probably have a bunch of data that shows that the main consumers of iMacs don't know the difference or don't care. I'm just pointing out that your comparison was not genuine because you compared a problem with a component on one laptop that the other doesn't have.

umvi 7y ago
I as a consumer don't care if the comparison is apples to apples at a component level. I am doing a high level comparison between laptop computers. One has been fast and reliable, the other has not. One was 10x more expensive than the other. I don't care if the MBP had a quantum drive from the year 3000. If my user experience with it is worse than a Chromebook, I'm not buying another one.