13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/06/14/13-and-15-macbook-pros-have-a-slower-sata-interface/

by hko • 17 years ago

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jrockway• 17 years ago

The best way to "win" is to skimp on parts that reviewers won't notice, and to beef up the parts that they will notice.

(I bought a bike the other day that includes a very nice pump, which I will probably never use, but skimps on the freewheel and chainring, which I will have to replace at my own expense. Very silly.)

wmf• 17 years ago

It's unlikely that Apple saved any money by underclocking the SATA interface; I would guess they did it to save power.

chrisbolt• 17 years ago

The 'slower chipset' is NVidia MCP79. I have a unibody MacBook with the exact same chipset and it's running at 3 Gigabit. This is probably just a driver or firmware issue.

New unibody: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/06/6-15-0...

Old unibody: http://files.getdropbox.com/u/48012/unibody.png

GHFigs• 17 years ago

This appears to be a configuration issue, as the relevant hardware is the same as the previous models. Performance only appears to be effected on high-end aftermarket SSDs, not on the drives Apple ships.

leonroy• 17 years ago

Since when did this become an Apple news site?

chaosmachine• 17 years ago

since macs became popular with hackers.

13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface

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