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greenville

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I saw where samsung is coming out with a sata 3 drive with up to a 512 ssd drive and wondered if Apple ever made running changes during the production of the macbook pro like replacing the sata 2 with a sata 3?
 
I saw where samsung is coming out with a sata 3 drive with up to a 512 ssd drive and wondered if Apple ever made running changes during the production of the macbook pro like replacing the sata 2 with a sata 3?

I don't think they will, the SATA III SSD's are quite up to snuff yet, and Apple probably has deals/contracts to respect for this generation MBP, so I strongly doubt they'll switch.
 
Yes apple does make running changes.
The 2011 MBP is a prime although not highly publicized example. The units shipping until mid may had a SATA II drive optical drive in them. The new units have a SATA III optical connection. Only useful if you plan to put SATA III SSDs in both bays.
 
Yes apple does make running changes.
The 2011 MBP is a prime although not highly publicized example. The units shipping until mid may had a SATA II drive optical drive in them. The new units have a SATA III optical connection. Only useful if you plan to put SATA III SSDs in both bays.

Correct, except that the SATA III optical connection in the newer build 15" and 17" models does not function at all if you put a SATA III drive in it. :(

13" is fine though.
 
how to do you check which one you got???

Click on 'About This Mac' then 'More Info' and select the optical drive under Hardware/Serial-ATA. If 'Link Speed' is '6 Gigabit' then don't bother putting a SATA III drive there. Unless you have a 13" MBP.

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it's 6 Gigabit

so does that mean I have sata II or III? or III but it's not functioning?
 
it's 6 Gigabit

so does that mean I have sata II or III? or III but it's not functioning?

SATA III but it won't function with a SATA III drive, not a SATA III SSD anyway. A SATA II drive will be fine though.

Your main bay will be fine with a SATA III SSD, its just the optical bay port that's broken.
 
Click on 'About This Mac' then 'More Info' and select the optical drive under Hardware/Serial-ATA. If 'Link Speed' is '6 Gigabit' then don't bother putting a SATA III drive there. Unless you have a 13" MBP.

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Sorry, I'm a little confused. Wouldn't a 6 Gigabit link speed mean that it DOES support Sata III? And 3 Gigabit would mean it supports Sata II? :confused:

EDIT: oops, didn't see the "Unless you have a 13" MBP" part
 
Sorry, I'm a little confused. Wouldn't a 6 Gigabit link speed mean that it DOES support Sata III? And 3 Gigabit would mean it supports Sata II? :confused:

EDIT: oops, didn't see the "Unless you have a 13" MBP" part

The 15"'s and 17"'s have a grounding/interference issue that prevents them from getting any link at all with a SATA III drive in the optical bay, the 13" doesn't have that problem. Better?
 
Why would you actually buy SSDs from Apple as opposed to putting them in yourself?

Lol, you guys must have more money than sense.
 
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