rick.lang wrote:That's correct, I'm living with a 1 TB machine. I believe the iMac Pro will have 4 TB of flash System memory. That would sure be useful!k
The two major reasons for needing so much internal space:
1) Drop Box. I pay for 1TB of drop box space each month/year in order to share files with clients and colleagues. Now, do I ever really use all of that 1 TB? No. But I have shared up to 450 GB at one point in terms of some footage. Since I use the Finder connected Drop Box folder that means I need that internal space free on my computer to do it. Thus the need for a lot of internal storage for a time.
2) Plugins & Assets. This would fall under Video Copilot stuff like the Action Essentials, the Element 3D models, so on and so forth. Those model packs from Video Copilot for Element 3D take up a decent amount of space. So it's nice to have the space for these assets. With the Final Cut Studio assets this was also true, although most of those assets are gone now. But guess what another part of these assets are: Common Sound Effects. Having certain Sound Effects that you'll always use is something that will happen, and you'll want to access them quickly without pulling out an external drive with them stored on it.
So there you have it. That 4TB of internal Flash Storage would be so amazing to have. However, I need to make the 2015 iMac 5K last a few years. So I'll eventually upgrade. It won't be anytime soon. I'm looking forward to the iMac Pro however, but if Apple finally updates a Mac Pro that is the machine I would want to go to.
However, the Fusion Drive on the iMac may save me a bit with the High Sierra update, or it may screw me. That's something I'll have to test for myself... in about 3 months.
High Sierra comes out on September 28th.