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13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface
- jrockway 17y agoThe best way to "win" is to skimp on parts that reviewers won't notice, and to beef up the parts that they will notice. (I bought a bike the other day that includes a very nice pump, which I will probably never use, but skimps on the freewheel and chainring, which I will have to replace at my own expense. Very silly.)
- wmf 17y agoIt's unlikely that Apple saved any money by underclocking the SATA interface; I would guess they did it to save power.
- chrisbolt 17y agoThe 'slower chipset' is NVidia MCP79. I have a unibody MacBook with the exact same chipset and it's running at 3 Gigabit. This is probably just a driver or firmware issue. New unibody: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/06/6-15-09mbp1.5sm2.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/06/6-15-0... Old unibody: http://files.getdropbox.com/u/48012/unibody.png http://files.getdropbox.com/u/48012/unibody.png
- GHFigs 17y agoThis appears to be a configuration issue, as the relevant hardware is the same as the previous models. Performance only appears to be effected on high-end aftermarket SSDs, not on the drives Apple ships.
- leonroy 17y agoSince when did this become an Apple news site?
- chaosmachine 17y agosince macs became popular with hackers.