I'm waiting on MBP 13 with 250gb and friend wants to order one with 256 SSD, does this mean that his spec will be SATA I as well? surely not? it would be self defeating to spec the SSD without SATA I/O
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13" Mbp Only 1.5gb Sata ? - SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
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I'm waiting on MBP 13 with 250gb and friend wants to order one with 256 SSD, does this mean that his spec will be SATA I as well? surely not? it would be self defeating to spec the SSD without SATA I/O
tall paul
It just has to be about Apple's bragging rights for the 7 hour battery life. Surely it can't be a coincidence that they artificially downgrade SATA at the same time as they upgrade the 13" and 15" models with the 'magical' battery from the 17" model. The 17" already had that battery and was the only model not downgraded to 1.5 Gbit on June 8th. That battery is bigger, yet the difference is only 1 hour. Sure, the 17" has to power a bigger display, but still...
Will this compromise the performance of the 48GB FileMate SolidGO ExpressCard I was thinking of buying on my new 13'' MBP? (First time Mac User)
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alright so, comparing this to my unibody macbook, assuming we dont take into account the bump in processing power, will i notice difference in terms of copying/pasting files or opening programs, saving documents etc?
i doubt the processor would compensate for it..i am not sure correct me if i am wrong.
i doubt the processor would compensate for it..i am not sure correct me if i am wrong.
Only if you buy a very fast SSD (like Intel or OCZ vertex) and only with larger files.
MBPs with normal hard drives are not affected.
Does the new SD reader run on the SATA interface? If so, I wonder if the controller is running SATA I for some compatibility reason? The only thing we seem to know for sure is that the SD reader models seem affected, while the express card models and MBA are not.
You are correct, the 17" don't seem to have an SD card slot so in fact you may be on to something.
The SD Card Slot is connected through USB internally like the keyboard, trackpad and iSight camera. The only SATA devices are the SuperDrive and whatever HDD or SSD you have.
This is not a hardware issue because the hardware obviously supports it so a firmware update isn't going to fix it. This is a "driver" (Kext) issue. Can someone try installing vanilla 10.5.7 (not build 3050 that came with it) and see if it goes to 3.0. I would do it myself but I'm not going to be near the computer for a few hours.
Well, someone asked awhile ago if anyone had actually planned on adding an SSD to their new 13" MB Pro.
Yes, here I am having ordered the Corsair P256 and picking up my new MB Pro 13" yesterday. Now I pop in and end up reading 15 pages at this point of how I got screwed and the machine probably will not be capable of handling the thru-put from this drive. CRAP.
I really gotta believe this can be fixed with a firmware update. The SSD market is getting ready to explode and without an update, today's MacBook, 1 year from now, will be a serious problem for Apple.
Yes, here I am having ordered the Corsair P256 and picking up my new MB Pro 13" yesterday. Now I pop in and end up reading 15 pages at this point of how I got screwed and the machine probably will not be capable of handling the thru-put from this drive. CRAP.
I really gotta believe this can be fixed with a firmware update. The SSD market is getting ready to explode and without an update, today's MacBook, 1 year from now, will be a serious problem for Apple.
Ahh i see. That would explain why the results from testing the SSD, in Windows Vista, in the new uMB are significantly lower than the previous gen uMB. Excellent work, detective.
Bugout i was hoping that was the case, however look at my results in windows7 you can see shouldn't be a drivers issue, as the windows 7 driver would be exactly the same on the macbook 13" and MBP 13", yet the result is significantly different
Easy there tough guy. I thought someone already confirmed Sata2 in win7 via bootcamp. The tone was completely unnecessary. You feel like a big boy now?here have a cookie.
Unless there is also a missing driver on the windows side, i dont see this as a kext issue, but a firmware issue requiring a firmware update.
The question then becomes will Apple fix this with a firmware update, or was this done intentionally for whatever reason? As much as i would love to get a 13" MBP for size/weight/price I am interested in going the SSD route, and i may just end up keeping my late 08 MBP 15" and dealing with the size.
WELL, I'm not sure what this really means but maybe it explains this issue I have...
I just upgraded from the Rev.A MBA 1.8 SSD to this 13" MBP 2.26GHz, and with the MBA I backed up some data to a memory card. It was about 2GB and it transferred within 10-15 minutes, but with this MBP I'm transferring the same data to the same memory card from the same location but it's taking 50 minutes?!?? Why is it taking so long on the MBP compared to the MBA?
I just upgraded from the Rev.A MBA 1.8 SSD to this 13" MBP 2.26GHz, and with the MBA I backed up some data to a memory card. It was about 2GB and it transferred within 10-15 minutes, but with this MBP I'm transferring the same data to the same memory card from the same location but it's taking 50 minutes?!?? Why is it taking so long on the MBP compared to the MBA?
WELL, I'm not sure what this really means but maybe it explains this issue I have...
I just upgraded from the Rev.A MBA 1.8 SSD to this 13" MBP 2.26GHz, and with the MBA I backed up some data to a memory card. It was about 2GB and it transferred within 10-15 minutes, but with this MBP I'm transferring the same data to the same memory card from the same location but it's taking 50 minutes?!?? Why is it taking so long on the MBP compared to the MBA?
SSD vs HDD sustained transfer speed i'd guess. Either that or your HDD is faulty
WELL, I'm not sure what this really means but maybe it explains this issue I have...
I just upgraded from the Rev.A MBA 1.8 SSD to this 13" MBP 2.26GHz, and with the MBA I backed up some data to a memory card. It was about 2GB and it transferred within 10-15 minutes, but with this MBP I'm transferring the same data to the same memory card from the same location but it's taking 50 minutes?!?? Why is it taking so long on the MBP compared to the MBA?
I would say this should not be due to the SATA interface or the hard drive. Only 2 GBs? It takes my 5400 rpm hard drive about 45 seconds to move that much data.
I submitted this thread to Engadget and Gizmodo about an hour after the thread was created but of course those Apple fanboys aren't going to run this story.
No help from the Apple support forum either:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2036732&tstart=0
We need to spread this story everywhere we can until Apple is forced to give an answer.
No help from the Apple support forum either:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2036732&tstart=0
We need to spread this story everywhere we can until Apple is forced to give an answer.
I was considering the MacBook Pro 13 and selling my white MacBook. I was not interested in immediately upgrading to a SSD as prices are way too high, but the option to do so in the future is there. I will hold off a bit as I want to see what the resolution to this is.
By the way.... I was watching the Super Bowl when the hammer flew and was at John Hancock Hall for the unveiling of the Macintosh by Steve Jobs. I should have saved my tee shirt we were all given at the time....
Why would you buy an MBP and then buy a cheap SSD?
I struggled to buy the 13" last night. The glossy screen blows. I don't see how people can argue this is a good thing. Any reflection interferes with the color, crispness of rendered text and images. You're not getting the image as intended. I bought it anyway because this is still the best notebook at this size (so I thought).
I'm glad I read this thread. I was about to put in a 120GB OCZ Vertex. For those of you who have not used a fast, quality SSD, there is a noticeable difference in performance and silence. I will not compromise here. This puppy is going back.