http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/ Engadget Comments for New MacBook Pros shipped with HDDs only have 1.5Gbps SATA enabled http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
Was there?
]]>Jun 15th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
Typical HDDs today come with 8MB to 16MB caches that are capable of sustaining 3.0GBps transfers. Since it's a cache, this isn't a burst mode transfer -- rather something fairly ephemeral, but it's still a limitation nonetheless.
]]>Jun 15th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/at crapple]]>Jun 15th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
I'm not certain though... I don't have a dog in this fight, so I'm not going to do any more research on it... but if you're affected, maybe you need to Google for some ideas to try.]]>Jun 15th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
This is most likely due to a jumper on the hdd. No current hdd today (not even 3.5") will get over 120MB/s, and since this speed handles over 150MB/s, there is nothing to worry about.

The controller is the same as the one used with the SSD versions, so replacing the hdd with a ssd will probably get you full 3.0Gb/s speeds.

Calm the hell down.]]>Jun 15th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
I have the MacBook unibody, and I have the exact same NVidia chip set (MCP79). The original 250 GB 5400 RPM drive ran at 1.5. I put in a WD Scorpio Black 320/7200 and now it reports 3.0. This, in all likelihood, depends on the DRIVE not the chip set or the drivers.

I saw a significant increase in performance with the WD Scorpio Black drive, which only cost $89 from NewEgg, BTW. Also this drive has a 16MB buffer, which runs at the full 3.0 SATA bus speed...

I know that you guys feel the need to publish the occasional "anti Apple" story to combat the haters, but at least pick something that actually matters, like how come no BlueRay or eSATA support on "Professional" machines?

]]>Jun 15th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
Didn't see this before this article, but my X25-M in my MacBook Pro (ordered day of the WWDC) is running at 1.5Gb/s

Anyone want to point me to some place I can fix this? I'm really really pissed right now.]]>Jun 15th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/I'm planning to get one MB Pro 13", but I was thinking of getting the $1,199 model and put a better HDD and more memory myself.]]>Jun 15th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://picasaweb.google.com/CraigJacobs99/Misc#5347764734536319618 Note I have the exact same chip set as Engadget's MBP, just a different drive...

@romulo.fernandes: Yes, I have noticed that the battery life is diminished a bit, hard to say exactly how much. Also, there is a bit of additional noise, but really not much, and there is a bit more heat. But those are trade offs I was willing to make for performance.



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Note that you need a set of Torex drivers...]]>Jun 15th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
And my own:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1344517/Temp.tiff]]>Jun 16th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
My $0.02...]]>Jun 15th 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/nvidia selling apple those chip who can't do full 3GB but still 1.5GB. so a firmwarefix won't be posssible. using lower quality chips in cheaper products is pretty common for graphiccards. so why not for chipsets?
just a thought.

c.]]>Jun 15th 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/]]>Jun 15th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
My hopes for humanity go down the toilet again...
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Not the biggest dick move, just typical Apple dick move. *cough* iPhone 3.0 *cough*]]>Jun 15th 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
Besides, who gives crap about how many people this affects? The point is that with SSDs becoming more and more common today, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever for Apple to to stick a 2003 controller into a 2009 laptop.

The only reason I can see is that with this they are now effectively forcing you to pay their much higher prices for upgrades that normally cost was less if you do them yourself.

Somebody mentioned that SATA II could be enabled by firmware upgrade, and that the SATA I mode would be for power saving reasons. I haven't thought of that, so if that's the case I take it back.]]>Jun 15th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
lol. I believe you would be the one who isn't original if you're posting the same thing again and again. ]]>Jun 15th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
seriously Apple, w t f]]>Jun 15th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
Be cool if they gave you an option online to fix that though, if you wanted the faster one.]]>Jun 15th 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/Jun 15th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
You could go to Dell outlet and for less than $1000 get a beautiful Latitude E4200 that weighs 2.2lbs and is fully Magnesium Alloy.

I'm telling you, you won't look at a overhyped Macbook after seeing either of those, but the Dell especially is gorgeous. Both have solid metal hinges. The Dell, just looks so modern professional, while the Lenovo, well is typical black industrial design. I've owned three Thinkpad X series and have dropped them, spilled water on them, even stepped on one of them. They all still work. ]]>Jun 15th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have-1-5gbps-sata-chips/
The Lenovo is on sale for less than the macbook, and looks to be a good deal. Of course, you get less memory and a crappy graphics card.

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