13" Mbp Only 1.5gb Sata ? - SOLVED!!!!!!!!!

[aleksandra.]

There is another factor here. I was going from a fast, 3.5" desktop drive to an even faster RAID. In the case of a notebook experience you'd be going from a relatively slow 2.5" HD to a very fast SSD so you'd likely see a greater difference in user experience.

However, for the case of the 1.5Gb to 3.0Gb shift on an SSD you'd be starting with an equally fast SSD that in real world terms may or may not be affected that much by the interface. Benchmarks will show a difference, but in the real world I don't think we've seen any results which show what the difference would be. No doubt a FAST SSD on a 3Gb interface would be better -- but how much better?

1. I went from desktop drive as well (not one of the best, but better than in laptops).

2. Let's assume opening an app takes 10 seconds. Using SSD like in Air shortens this time to 4 seconds. Air's SSD achieves reads at ~80 MB/s. Intel's SSD are more like ~160 MB/s. There's no other bottleneck, so using Intel's SSD launching that app will take 2 seconds. This is just a made-up example, but what I'm trying to say is that even with SSD, you still have to wait for something to load sometimes - and this wait is shortened with any speed increase. Someone earlier said 98% of users won't ever use it at full speed. I'd say most users won't use it 98% of time, but when they do - at tasks that would usually made them wait - they'll notice it.

 

[MacModMachine]

i tihnk this sata 1.5 has to do with the EPEAT 2009 ratings

they obviously looked for ways to meet this standard

 

[imthekuni]

just came back from the apple store, they had one 13" on display with the 3gb, it had an SSD.

I am currently at the Apple Store and they have a 13.3" mbp with the Toshiba mk1653gsx HDD running at 3gb

EDIT: not sure if it matters but it has the NVidia MCP79 AHCI

 

[MacModMachine]

I am currently at the Apple Store and they have a 13.3" mbp with the Toshiba mk1653gsx HDD running at 3gb

EDIT: not sure if it matters but it has the NVidia MCP79 AHCI

post picture please

 

[Guy Mancuso]

All Macbook Pros OTHER THAN the 17" are 1.5.

The Macbook, 17" Macbook Pro and the Air are 3.0.

Really need to put dates on these kinds of comments because it is not true on a blank statement. My 2.93 15 inch is 3 gb Sata and this could be part of folks confusion. Mine is two months old. LOL

You are correct though but is the newly released from June 8th announcement. Anything before that is not the question

 

[bugout]

I am currently at the Apple Store and they have a 13.3" mbp with the Toshiba mk1653gsx HDD running at 3gb

EDIT: not sure if it matters but it has the NVidia MCP79 AHCI

Take a screen cap and upload it to imageshack.us and link it here

 

[cu2010]

You mean somebody got a BTO macbook with Apple's SSD (3 gb/s) then took it out and put in one of his own SSD's? And it still showed 3 gb/s?

This is important as it would mean there are some very dubious practices being used by the Apple assembly teams to toggle the "burst" switch on only for custom mac jobs.

I was referring to the post 219.
And he has not received it yet.

 

[errol]

Why oh why didn't I check this thread before going to the mall? I'm typing this on my one hour old MBP performing the battery calibration right now and I am really, really upset. I would have bought the refurb 15" MBP had I known this.

Apple, FIX THIS NOW. Firmware update!

 

[fuzzielitlpanda]

I am currently at the Apple Store and they have a 13.3" mbp with the Toshiba mk1653gsx HDD running at 3gb

EDIT: not sure if it matters but it has the NVidia MCP79 AHCI

well this is good to see. at least we know it has nothing to do with whether there is a hdd or ssd installed

 

[imthekuni]

post picture please

i jumped on another one as well and it has the FUJITSU MHZ2160BH FFS G1 HDD

i cant figure out how to convert it to jpeg right now so ill do it when i get home

serious tho

 

[fuzzielitlpanda]

i jumped on another one as well and it has the FUJITSU MHZ2160BH FFS G1 HDD

i cant figure out how to convert it to jpeg right now so ill do it when i get home

serious tho

also 3.0 Gigabit?

 

[iAlex]

Why oh why didn't I check this thread before going to the mall? I'm typing this on my one hour old MBP performing the battery calibration right now and I am really, really upset. I would have bought the refurb 15" MBP had I known this.

Apple, FIX THIS NOW. Firmware update!

Send Apple feedback, everyone should be doing this : http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html

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[Chad H]

But did we ever confirm if you order with a SSD from Apple you get 3 for sure? Also, is their any speed differences between Apple's SSD or vertex from newegg.com? If they are both 128GB.

 

[aleksandra.]

But did we ever confirm if you order with a SSD from Apple you get 3 for sure? Also, is their any speed differences between Apple's SSD or vertex from newegg.com? If they are both 128GB.

1. There's no way to confirm it until someone actually gets one.

2. Vertex is much faster. Apple is using decent, but not really fast SSDs.

 

[fuzzielitlpanda]

But did we ever confirm if you order with a SSD from Apple you get 3 for sure? Also, is their any speed differences between Apple's SSD or vertex from newegg.com? If they are both 128GB.

there should be a difference in read/write numbers, but we can't pull up any info. unless someone knows the exact model of the 128GB SSD from apple.

 

[cu2010]

Send Apple feedback, everyone should be doing this : http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html

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i just did

 

[imthekuni]

alright quick question

does the Macbook5,1 correspond to the new macbook pro 13.3 or the old macbook, if thats the case then i am mistaken even tho they have them labeled as so.

 

[imthekuni]

ya dont listen to me, im spazzin

im still checking out the others though

 

[TEBnewyork]

alright quick question

does the Macbook5,1 correspond to the new macbook pro 13.3 or the old macbook, if thats the case then i am mistaken even tho they have them labeled as so.

Well, is there an SD slot?

My new one is 5,5

 

[zsnow]

i tihnk this sata 1.5 has to do with the EPEAT 2009 ratings

they obviously looked for ways to meet this standard

so means no sata2 in the futures for all laptops?
they will meet that standard sooner or later.

 

[fungus]

alright quick question

does the Macbook5,1 correspond to the new macbook pro 13.3 or the old macbook, if thats the case then i am mistaken even tho they have them labeled as so.

Check if they say "MacBook" or "MacBook Pro" on the bezel under the screen...

 

[iAlex]

I am currently at the Apple Store and they have a 13.3" mbp with the Toshiba mk1653gsx HDD running at 3gb

EDIT: not sure if it matters but it has the NVidia MCP79 AHCI

Does this unit have the SD card slot? This is the fastest way to tell it the machine is the current rev B or old rev A. Rev A's all had 3Gibt/s SATA. We need pics of current Rev B's (SD Cardslots) with 3Gibt/s showing in the profile.

 

[imthekuni]

ya i went on a witch hunt there

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/80/huh4.tif

15.4" MBP (For sure this time) the new ones

 

[bcaslis]

It's not about believing or not believing. I'm only interested in hard data.

Thanks for supplying those benchmarks.

So the one on the left is at SATA I speed, the right SATA II speed?
On the same laptop?
If so, how did you switch between SATA I and II?

Picture1 was from a MBP 15" 2.66GHz (non-SD card model). The second picture2 was from a 2.8GHz SD card model. Both using the exact same Intel X25M drive.

 

[Andrmgic]

ya i went on a witch hunt there

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/80/huh4.tif

15.4" MBP (For sure this time) the new ones

You needed to click on the controller to see the speed, not the hdd