I am with you on this battle
I recently purchased an intel 520 due to favorable review from just about
everyone, but especially anand from anandtech.com . I purchased a product
similar to the data doubler to get two hard drive bays in my macbook 5,1 late
2008 unibody. The thing is the when my Western Digital 320gb was in the
extra, just installed data doubler bay, it was at 3gigabit negotiated and the
original bay was 3gbit, where the 520 resided, but only negotiated at 1.5
gigabit. So my thinking was to switch them and have the intel ssd at the 3gbit
speed. No dice. The 1.5 gigabit stayed with the intel drive, not the bay. This
is very frustrating as the data doubler was no fun to install and I spent 199.99
on amazon only to have the thing go on sale the next day @ 179.99. There
recently has been an efi update to get the 1.5 to 3, but only for 2009 and up.
As time goes on, the likelihood that we get an update for an older 2008 model
decreases. So, do I return the ssd or buy a newer mac? I will try to attach my
numbers which are really bad. By the way it is worth mentioning that
thunderbolt, which is included in newer macs is suppossed to be 60% faster
than sata 3. I have seen an intel video where the raided Lacie put out over 1
GIGABYTE (for clarification) per second. Any ideas or can anyone add any
thoughts or correct my mistakes. Sorry for the long message, I am a little
frustrated this AM.