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?
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.
it's 6 Gigabit
so does that mean I have sata II or III? or III but it's not functioning?
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?
EDIT: oops, didn't see the "Unless you have a 13" MBP" part