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'PCIe' is the type of connection that the drive has to the rest of the computer. The type of connection used affects the speed at which data can be read/written to the drive. PCIe will typically be quicker at reads/writes that the same drive connected by a SATA connection or USB for example.
'flash based' means it's a Solid State Drive, not a spinning disk. The internal SSD's that come with a new Mac are about as fast as they come.Have fun deciding!
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Ohh kay... let me share what I have learnt over the years with various different machines.
GHz doesn't matter massively for everyday use (as others have said). For video stuff, it matters less as the better i7 have more cores etc which handle load better.
SSD's make the world of difference, put one in a computer and it'll feel like a new machine.
Make sure you get a SSD or at least a hybrid drive (Apples SSD HDD combo).Going from 4 to 8 GB of ram makes a massive difference, but going above that less so for everyday use.
Don't buy a base level Apple product as they are usually stripped down versions of the "real deal". The base iMac comes with a 5400rpm spinning HDD and a crappy 1.6 GHZ laptop CPU (oh and no GPU) - same kind of spec as you get in cheap Windows laptops.
I like buying second hand, although I know others don't. Your Mac lasted near 10 years, which most do, so buying last years model off some Senior Art director in Old street because he likes to have the latest kit is always a good deal for you. My last two Macs have been bought this way and are still going strong (I thoroughly recommend one of the last non retina iMacs as they have decent CPUs and GPUs which will be great for video).
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Where does the "PCIe flash based" drive in the mbp sit in the hdd/fusion/ssd rainbow?
I'll definitely be waiting, it'll be Oct at the very earliest before I've cleared enough of the wedding/honeymoon stuff off the credit card.