The intentions and reasoning behind negative votes on articles.
I don't follow you. Would you please elaborate?
Now that's something more concrete. I wonder what the reasoning is behind that fact. Oh well it's Apple.
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Apple Releases MacBook Pro Firmware Update to Address SATA Interface Speeds
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I would not install this update unless you have an SSD that takes advantage of SATAII (Intel, maybe Vertex).
Apple limited it to 1.5 to conserve battery life. If you don't have an SSD, you would gain no advantages and would only shorten your battery life.
Apple limited it to 1.5 to conserve battery life. If you don't have an SSD, you would gain no advantages and would only shorten your battery life.
Now I can pass on my umb to the wife and get the 13" pro for me
If this site wasn't moderated...
I guess the Unibody MacBooks never happened.
Oh you. There's more than enough consumers out there for everyone. I don't see a reason to beat your chest with such misguided end all statements.
I guess the Unibody MacBooks never happened.
The unibody MBs are the main reason for my statement; otherwise, Apple wouldn't have released the 13" ones now.
Why do people still rate this article a negative?
Are these people who just want to be capped at 1.5? Please someone help me understand.
Because apple has denied them their favorite pastime of projecting and venting out by criticising apple. And they feel extra sore after managing to lock that last thread that apple managed to
prove them wrong and be so quick with an update.
Sorry boys.
Can you elaborate?
It's strange that they'd pretty much go as far as to say FireWire is dead only to bring it back.
This was the first time in 4 years that an update gave me sweat on my forehead: after the efi update, it didn't restart again, it kept circling at the Apple logo. AFter an hour (that should be enough "some minutes") I gave a reset. No boot. another reset, no boot. reset with pram reset, and now it started normal again. pfooeeiiie!
and the firmware has updated Sata to 3Gbps
and the firmware has updated Sata to 3Gbps
One way to settle the debate would be to take a 13" / 15" uMBP with CTO SSD and run Xbench before and after the firmware update
If the performance doesnt improve then Apple is true - their SSDs have a 1.5 Gbit/s interface. If the performance DOES improve then Apple is telling porkies
If the performance doesnt improve then Apple is true - their SSDs have a 1.5 Gbit/s interface. If the performance DOES improve then Apple is telling porkies
That's quite an assumption, got any figures to back that up?
I've just installed it, wont be using it for a while, but in a year or so I'm maxing this bad boy out to 8gb RAM and 256Gb 250Mb r/w SSD for about £100
One way to settle the debate would be to take a 13" / 15" uMBP with CTO SSD and run Xbench before and after the firmware update
If the performance doesnt improve then Apple is true - their SSDs have a 1.5 Gbit/s interface. If the performance DOES improve then Apple is telling porkies
That is the next question. Where are the benchies.
This is sarcasm right?
Apple rarely caves to customer demands. Their entire history is one of forging ahead and dealing with the flack that results.
Microsoft tries accommodates every wish and whim of everyone and that's one of their problems - they are so worried about upsetting some market segment that they end up creating mediocre products with 10 bazillion customization options.
Apple doesn't respond, and the fanboys praise Apple and attack the complainers. Apple does respond, and the fanboys attack the people who pointed out the issue for being 'whiners.'
What is up with that?
The argument that Apple hasn't sold a SATA II laptop hard drive is irrelevant. Are we to expect that any accessory can not be trusted to work with an Apple product if Apple doesn't sell it? Is Apple allowed to cripple the hardware to help that happen? Of course not.
It seems this is another point for Hackintosh. Don't be an Apple customer; they get screwed. And like it.
Yeeesss!! 3.0 giggawatts!!
Im not sure i actually care, but obviously there's lots of you that do so, err, thanks apple.
If you fill a room with monkeys and computers eventually one of them will rate a Macrumors story negative.
Im not sure i actually care, but obviously there's lots of you that do so, err, thanks apple.
Why do people still rate this article a negative?
Are these people who just want to be capped at 1.5? Please someone help me understand.
If you fill a room with monkeys and computers eventually one of them will rate a Macrumors story negative.
I do have to wonder if this will reduce my battery, even 2 mins because I have a 500GB WD scorpio blue HDD so I won't benefit from the added speed. Unless of course it increases my battery life by magic.
ha, ha, ha. What an argument! So it's the markets fault for demanding too much and confusing ms!!! That's the real reason their products are never innovative and almost always mediocre at best!!! Way to scew logic.
I do have to wonder if this will reduce my battery, even 2 mins because I have a 500GB WD scorpio blue HDD so I won't benefit from the added speed. Unless of course it increases my battery life by magic.
I know a guy named Jack, he sell beans......