MacRumors is reporting that the new Unibody MacBook Pros announced last week have an interesting issue:
Apple seems to have quietly downgraded the SATA Interface from 3.0Gbit to 1.5Gbit speeds in some of the new MacBook Pros introduced last week
As correctly highlighted in the posting, most drives can’t saturate it. Apart from, unfortunately, SSD drives. Although these little beggars are still beyond most people’s level of feasibility, they are useful for more rugged conditions. I’m hoping this is a bug in OSX rather than a purposeful hardware change. Or, maybe it’s to make the battery last a log longer?
13″ and 15″ MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface – Mac Rumors
