Installed new 3gb/s HDD on Macbook,but only displays 1.5!

[paulyd0021]

Hi guys, I just installed a new 3gb/s hard drive in my macbook pro

here's the hard drive I bought:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145275

It installed and works fine, however under System Profiler it says its only a 1.5gb/s hard drive.

Is this because the Sata port on my mac is limited to 1.5gb/s?

Its a late 07/08 model 4,1 Macbook Pro 2.4ghz

Any insight would help, i tried looking up some information on my model but I couldnt find anything on the actual maximum sata speed from the hard drive.

Thanks in advance!

 

[spinnerlys]

As you use an HDD (not an SSD) you will not even saturate the SATA 1.5Gbps interface.

Your HDD will peak at 95 to 100MB/s, SATA 1.5Gbps allows 148MB/s, SATA 3.0Gbps 286MB/s.

And yes, your MBP model has the SATA 1.5Gbps interface.

 

[BittenApple]

Unless you have a SSD, you won't notice anything at all. Why? Because the hard drive is slower than the interface.

 

[paulyd0021]

Well here's to hoping they make an affordable 500gb SDD someday soon!

Thanks for the info guys, so I guess I'll be stuck with my measly 1.5 gb/s or as you put it 148mbs transfer rates. Hopefully this will still be a little faster than my previous 200gb 5400 rpm HDD.

Oh and here's to hoping Apple includes USB 3.0 in the next macbook update, I can wait until summer if thats how long it will take to get that and possibly bluray into a MBP.

 

[BlizzardBomb]

Well here's to hoping they make an affordable 500gb SDD someday soon!

512 GB SSDs won't be "affordable" until at least 2012 if not later.

 

[spinnerlys]

Well here's to hoping they make an affordable 500gb SDD someday soon!

Thanks for the info guys, so I guess I'll be stuck with my measly 1.5 gb/s or as you put it 148mbs transfer rates. Hopefully this will still be a little faster than my previous 200gb 5400 rpm HDD.

Oh and here's to hoping Apple includes USB 3.0 in the next macbook update, I can wait until summer if thats how long it will take to get that and possibly bluray into a MBP.

Your old 5400rpm HDD will probably have a maximum benchmark speed of 60-75MB/s, your new 7200rpm HDD 90-100MB/s.

That is below the SATA 1.5Gbps interface limit.

 

[drummerlondonw3]

about 2003 I remember buying a firewire 160gb drive (which I still have) and that was over £100! For the same price now - 7 years later - you can get a 1TB drive. I feel it will be some time before the 500gb SSD becomes the standard and not as much as the laptop itself!

I'm personally waiting for 320 but will probably bite on the next gen 256

 

[Absent]

I've posted this story around here before. Ssd's are going to be moving in a lot sooner than people think.