Only some new MBPs affected by SB mistake - signfiicance?

[laser71]

In the recent insider news report on the impact of the SandyBridge mistake in relation to the new MBPs, it says:

one person familiar with the matter tells AppleInsider that some -- not all -- of the company's upcoming MacBook Pros were affected by the situation.

and that:

an Intel spokesperson confirmed that that the problem does not affect SATA ports 0 or 1, so any system builders that received those parts would be clear ship those chips in systems that utilize only ports 0 or 1. For its part, Apple makes use of only two SATA ports in its current MacBook Pros.

Would that imply that some new MBPs will be using more than two SATA ports? And if so, what would the new ports likely be used for?

Or alternatively, is there another reason why some MBP models would be impacted, while others are not?

 

[tjb1]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1095006/

There is no reason to have another thread...post in that one.