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Apple Releases MacBook Pro Firmware Update to Address SATA Interface Speeds
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Firmware upgrade results with Intel x25 drive
Thank You Apple ! Here is my xbench disk test before and after
and to all those posters who said there is no difference stop whining - you were wrong.
I have a 13" 2.53GHz, 4gb, X25 160gb drive
Thank You Apple ! Here is my xbench disk test before and after
and to all those posters who said there is no difference stop whining - you were wrong.I have a 13" 2.53GHz, 4gb, X25 160gb drive
Sweet. I have no idea what I was missing, but I am glad to have it back.
haha. my thoughts exactly
Thank You Apple ! Here is my xbench disk test before and after
I have a 13" 2.53GHz, 4gb, X25 160gb drive
MORE BENCHMARKS!!!! MORE BENCHMARKS!!!
Yay, something no one will ever notice is back! I have a 2007 SR 2.2 GHZ mbp, and it has a 1.5 g/s interface... so I can't imagine they have been using 3 g/s for "many years" as posted in another news article.
I have a 2007 SR 2.2 GHZ mbp, and it has a 1.5 g/s interface... so I can't imagine they have been using 3 g/s for "many years" as posted in another news article.
Thank You Apple ! Here is my xbench disk test before and after
I have a 13" 2.53GHz, 4gb, X25 160gb drive
(In the style of McGee from NCIS) Sweet.
Anyways, I still don't get why Apple capped it. Sure, many current hard drives can't saturate the bus, but that doesn't mean hard drives will never be able to do it. Just look at the benchmarks.
Good job, Apple! Sure that people who waited just that little bit longer for these updated models will be feeling slightly better (unlike me who had to get one in April). Glad that all that whining shall be put to bed.
That or the the quality control was having a party the day they were meant to be checking this portion of the system
. I don't think they would be daft enough to make the assumption that no one would check the speeds and they could quietly patch it later? These days the devices are pulled apart with in hours of getting in the hands of some testers.It would seem... odd... to deliberately cripple the system like this, you would think it would be more work/potential for issues to cripple it than to just leave it as is.
A problem that never existed? Whiners? "unneeded uproar" ?
Is that what it is called when Apple introduces new versions of their "pro" laptops that quietly remove a feature that has been standard on most PCs for years that leads to a 50% performance reduction for non-Apple SSD users without even mentioning it?
I'm sick of all the Apple apologists that bend over backwards to make excuses for their mistakes and denigrate those who are seeking solutions. You are the ones who give Apple enthusiasts a bad name!
This was a legitimate issue, and that is why Apple fixed it. It was a completely unacceptable move, but thankfully it looks like it was a simple mistake. Kudos to Apple for resolving it so quickly.
Apparently, Apple is admitting how slow their OEM SSDs are. Last I looked, they were using older Samsung drives with the old controller that don't do much over 100MB/sec maximum in read or write speeds. Anyone wanting an SSD should steer clear of the rip-off drives Apple sells BTO.
The power usage of a SATA controller is negligible. We are talking a change of a few hundreds milliwatts here.
You know your stuff, huh? here are some of the "very few" drives that have a sequential read and/or write speed of over 150MB/sec. This list is not complete.
- Corsair P256
- OCZ Summit
- Samsung PB22-J
- SuperTalent Masterdrive SX
- OCZ Vertex
- OCZ Vertex EX (SLC)
- OCZ Agility
- SuperTalent Ultradrive ME
- SuperTalent Ultradrive LE (SLC)
- G.Skill Falcon
- Patriot Torqx
- RunCore Pro IV
- Solidata K5 (SLC)
- Solidata K6
- Intel X25M
- Intel X25E (SLC)
- Kingston SSDNow M
- PQI X25M
- OCZ Apex
- G.Skill Titan
- Patriot Warp v3
- Solidata X1 (SLC)
- Solidata X2
- SuperTalent MasterDrive RX
This is just freaking great! I applied the update from software update and followed the directions after and now my machine won't boot!!
When it boots it just flashes between apple logo, folder with a question mark and a circle with a line through it! This is just freaking fantastic!! And of course there is no AppleCare after 10pm. I'm so damn upset right now!!
When it boots it just flashes between apple logo, folder with a question mark and a circle with a line through it! This is just freaking fantastic!! And of course there is no AppleCare after 10pm. I'm so damn upset right now!!
sorry just a simple question. after downloading and installing the firmware update? can i delete it from my utilities folder? will deleting it 'undo' the update? sorry. just switched to mac, know nuts about mac system. i know its just 9MB, but yea with only 160GB plus a windows partition, i need all the space i can get. thanks in advance
SATA II Western Digital 320GB, 16MB Cache, 7200rpm
Figured I'd throw this in for comparison. The SSD's are getting WAY better scores however the EFI update seems to have given my machine (2.53GHz 13" Macbook Pro) a modest performance bump.
Figured I'd throw this in for comparison. The SSD's are getting WAY better scores however the EFI update seems to have given my machine (2.53GHz 13" Macbook Pro) a modest performance bump.
Attachments
Does anyone know how to recover from this so I can at least boot the computer! I'm out of town for school for a week with no other computer with a presentation due Friday! There is no Apple store here and I have no Apple CDs. I'm stuck to posting o. My iPhone and trying to find a solution on google. I also work during the day and AppleCare isn't even open now! Help please!
Nope. All those with complaints are vindicated!Awesome! All those complaints just went "Poof"!
Unneeded? Perhaps it is the uproar that caused Apple to act.
Thank you. BTW, petitioning is not whining. The complaint was legitimate. Again, thank you.
Pram ?
didn't somebody on this thread report a similar problem? S/He solved it by resetting the PRAM
from apple's website:
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Your computer's PRAM and the NVRAM are reset to the default values. The clock settings may be reset to a default date on some models.
didn't somebody on this thread report a similar problem? S/He solved it by resetting the PRAM
from apple's website:
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Your computer's PRAM and the NVRAM are reset to the default values. The clock settings may be reset to a default date on some models.
More likely that they just didn't get around to certifying the 3Gbps modes by shipping time, and pushed it out the door with just the 1.5Gbps mode functional, since all the stock hardware would be unaffected by it and could sit it out until an update could be released.
No.
To be accurate, it's about a 33% performance penalty, worst-case with the modern crop of SSDs (typically peaking in the 220MB range), and there's no evidence that it was a planned, permanent crippling. It was an issue; it's been corrected.
I agree that it was a noteworthy problem, but neither the biggest whiners nor the biggest defenders are entirely correct.
It's much like the inclusion of the SD slot. I'm annoyed by it, since I use exactly nothing with SD cards, but since almost no one used the ExpressCard slot on the 15" models, I can see why it would be attractive to remove, and why SD might win out over CF, which is slowly dying as even DSLRs move to other, newer formats like SDHC. But there are people who applaud the move with no personal stake (which makes no sense), and people who kick and scream over the lost slot they most likely didn't use, either.
Any change is going to inconvenience someone. In this case, it was a tiny number of people using aftermarket SSDs. With EC, it's people using it for a Firewire bus that can't be replaced with a USB EC adapter.
After doing this... Waiting for the second tone to release I get the same flashing logo and then finally a screen with some text (like singler user mode) then it gets an overlay with the.., "you need to restart your computer." if I restart I just get the flashing logo again and the machine never boots. Any other help??!
Apple forums
sorry, I have no advice, other than taking you problem to the apple forum dedicated to this issue: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2036732&start=105&tstart=0
good luck!
sorry, I have no advice, other than taking you problem to the apple forum dedicated to this issue: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2036732&start=105&tstart=0
good luck!
If it works who cares & if it didn't then we can get our help from our normal non Apple sources.