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3.06Mhz Macbook Pro with 8GB Ram and x-25m SSD...

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Guys and Gals,
just checked my 1st gen BTO uMBP 2.8Ghz and it's 3Gb/s Sata
sorry for the guys with the 1.5 limit, that's just wrong...
 
Xbench

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mine's 3gb and i have the mid june 17" 2.8

Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
 
You added the intel ssd by yourself afterwards right?
Which means if it come with a hdd from the factory, then that might explain why it is 1.5 not 3.0
 
plesset said:
Xbench

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my 2.4 Unibody (late 2008) 4gb RAM 80gb x25m with the latest FW (SATA 3.0 gbps)

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Disk Test 206.11

Sequential 142.80

Uncached Write 121.08 74.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 102.06 57.75 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 132.20 38.69 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 418.34—> 210.25 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Random 370.27—>

Uncached Write 663.34—> 70.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Write 137.37 43.98 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Uncached Read 1014.01—> 7.19 MB/sec [4K blocks]

Uncached Read 971.34—> 180.24 MB/sec [256K blocks]
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jav6454 said:
Clear difference there is. BTW, do you still have your old machine? If it was me, I'd go back to the 2.66GHz machine and ditch this one. I'd keep the 3Gb/s SATA speed to take advantage of the Intel drive.
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I still have the 2.66 but honestly this thing feels pretty fast. The jump in processor speed does help offset the computer on a whole. It sucks to have to make excuses for Apple's brain lapse but in my mind the other features make up for the snafu. The screen is really nice guys. You spend a whole lot of time starring at the screen when you use a computer. This one is the best imho. Adding an extra hour or hour and a half to battery life means I can watch two movies on a long flight. Love that. I am holding onto slim hope that this is something they can fix or at least give you option to toggle between 1.5 and 3.0 depending on the battery conditions. The 2.66 is dead to me.
 
plesset said:
I still have the 2.66 but honestly this thing feels pretty fast. The jump in processor speed does help offset the computer on a whole. It sucks to have to make excuses for Apple's brain lapse but in my mind the other features make up for the snafu. The screen is really nice guys. You spend a whole lot of time starring at the screen when you use a computer. This one is the best imho. Adding an extra hour or hour and a half to battery life means I can watch two movies on a long flight. Love that. I am holding onto slim hope that this is something they can fix or at least give you option to toggle between 1.5 and 3.0 depending on the battery conditions. The 2.66 is dead to me.
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I can see that your new MacBook pro suits you. Yes, I also believe that those pros offset somehow that nasty con.

To me however, I requires a faster SATA as I intend to buy a fast SSD (Intel or OCZ very likely) and taking advantage of every performance increase. The battery for me is fine (I have airline adapter to keep me charged) and screen well, I don't miss that which I have never had.

I hope Apple fixes that whole debacle soon.
 
plesset said:
is ridiculously fast. My xBench score is 230....2 freaking 30. Now I don't put much stock in xBench scores but my previous config was a 2.66Mhz with 8GB Ram and the x-25 and my score was 202. The screen. Oh the screen. I thought the previous generation was good. This is on another level. The warmth and vibrance of the color is noticeably better. I am typing this with Pandora playing and the screen at Max and my battery says I have 5:32 left at 89% full. The SD slot is a nice addition but its hard to get excited about it when I have had laptops 5 years ago that had them. Its nice that Apple finally adopted the standard.

Even though I probably won't use even a tenth of the power this machine offers I am still tempted to buy a second x-25m and rip the optical out and run them in Raid. There is nothing else on the market that even comes close to how great these machines are. Its not subjective...its fact. How anyone could go and buy a Dell and run Vista is beyond me. Those people just don't get it or can't appreciate the state of the art like we can.
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I'd hope it is pretty frikkin fast, considering the money you put out for it (what, $4K?). I sure hope you're actually using it for something that actually needs that speed/power/memory, and not just screwing around.

As for your comment about Dell/Vista, its not hard to understand once you realize they pay 10-30% of what you payed for those machines.
 
It only affects uncached reads, really. The intel SSD is still 6 times faster than my HDD on uncached reads, so it will still be a major addition. My HDD got a 106 for sequential and only a 30 for random, overall.
 
plesset said:
I still have the 2.66 but honestly this thing feels pretty fast. The jump in processor speed does help offset the computer on a whole. It sucks to have to make excuses for Apple's brain lapse but in my mind the other features make up for the snafu. The screen is really nice guys. You spend a whole lot of time starring at the screen when you use a computer. This one is the best imho. Adding an extra hour or hour and a half to battery life means I can watch two movies on a long flight. Love that. I am holding onto slim hope that this is something they can fix or at least give you option to toggle between 1.5 and 3.0 depending on the battery conditions. The 2.66 is dead to me.
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To make an analogous comparison: the old MBP screen is 720p resolution, while the new MBP is 1080p, full high def. It's AMAZING. The battery also charges really fast.

Also, is the difference in SSD speed on your two MBP's honestly that noticeable in daily activities?
 
I just bought the new 17" macbookPro this afternoon and mine shows 3.0.

I think it has to do with the type of drive that is connected to the controller.
 
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