Okay, I just ran the verify while the system is running Mac OS. Everything seems to be fine.
When I checked my Mac mini aluminum Serial-ATA information I found this:
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Therefore it is true, my Mac mini is indeed using only 1.5 Gigabit for the installed Toshiba drive, well bummer. Why does Apple save a few dollars on this? This system is so overpriced and then you don't even get 3 Gigabit SATA drives, oh well. Who was responsible for this price cut, I hope it was not Steve. This does not look good.
I really hope this Toshiba drive is not the standard and I just got unlucky by having it in my Mac mini 2010. It may be related to the Nvidia chipset? If someone else who owns the Mac mini 2010 please could check?
This is the data that I copied from the hard drive:
NVidia MCP89 AHCI:
Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP89 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF:
Capacity: 320.07 GB (320,072,933,376 bytes)
Model: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF
Revision: FH415B
Serial Number: 40NCP141T
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 5400
Medium Type: Rotational
Bay Name: Lower
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk0s1
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 190.05 GB (190,052,302,848 bytes)
Available: 178.07 GB (178,069,204,992 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
BOOTCAMP:
Capacity: 129.68 GB (129,675,296,768 bytes)
Available: 109.68 GB (109,684,355,072 bytes)
Writable: No
File System: NTFS
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP