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macrumors.com - 6/14/2009

13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface

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As first described in our forums, 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. Readers are reporting that both the new 13" and 15" MacBook Pro models...

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apcmag.com - 6/9/2009

Apple paves the way for an all-new ‘MacBook’

— apcmag.com — Having renamed the 13.3 inch unibody MacBook as the MacBook Pro, is Apple laying the foundation to... reframe its MacBook brand for an all-new device like a netbook or e-book pad? (more) Apple paves the way for an all-new ‘MacBook’

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arstechnica.com - 6/10/2009

Boot from the SD card slot in new MacBook Pros

— arstechnica.com — The addition of a built-in SD card reader to the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros may have... dubious utility for many users, but Apple has seen fit to include at least one feature with lots of potential use. Properly formatted and partitioned SD or SDHC media ... (more) Boot from the SD card slot in new MacBook Pros

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db.tidbits.com - 6/8/2009

Apple Refreshes MacBook Line at WWDC

— db.tidbits.com — Apple seldom introduces new Mac models at WWDC, but chose today to announce that it has revamped... nearly its entire laptop line . The 13-inch MacBook has transmogrified into a MacBook Pro, and Apple pushed out revised versions of the 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models as well and dropped the ... (more) Apple Refreshes MacBook Line at WWDC

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13" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface
Latest iPhone News : iPhoneTopic.com — ... 2009-06-14 14:53:00 view : 9 As first described in our forums, 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. Readers are reporting that both the new 13" and 15" MacBook Pro models... Read more.. ...

Well, that explains the 8-hour battery life…
Macenstein — ... for those buying MacBook Pros with standard hard drives, those who paid extra for the SSD drives appear to be mightily pissed and confused. Michael tells us he returned his SSD MBP when he discovered the “downgrade” in his new laptop, so whether or not there will be an actual performance hit, there is certainly a perceived one which could be almost as costly to Apple “pro” sales. Oddly, both the new 17-inch and the white MacBook retain their 3 Gigabt SATA connections. [via MacRumors ] Comments ...

New MacBook Pro downgraded SATA issues
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — A lot of you have been following the news that Apple has downgraded the SATA interface over at Macrumors or on Apple's forums.  While this is alarming for prospective and new MacBook Pro purchasers, let's keep some things in mind before we get official word from Apple. The new White MacBook still uses 3.0Gbs SATA 2.  If the move were for cost cutting concerns, the White MacBook would have been the first to have been dropped tp 1.5Gbs The NVIDIA 9400M mobile chipset that is included in both old and new MacBook Pros has a built-in SATA ...

Apple Bumps Down SATA Interface on 13 and 15" MacBook Pros
Gearlog — ... The SATA interface on the 17-inch MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook Air remains at 3GB. As Mac Rumors points out, users aren't likely to see much of a difference in performance unless they upgrade to a Solid State Drive. ...

Apple Downgrading SATA in New MacBook Pros?
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SATA Speeds Slower on New MacBook Pros
Mac|Life — turtle Did you upgrade to one of the new MacBook Pros and are unsatisfied with the speed of your hard drive? Don't think about upgrading to a Solid State Drive just yet. You would think that everything would get faster with the new MacBook Pros, but apparently that is not quite the case. MacRumors has uncovered that the SATA speed of the new 13" and 15" Macbook Pros has actually gone down, from 3 Gbit/s on the older models to 1.5 Gbits/s on the newer ones. The SATA speed is relevant to how fast you can read and write to your hard drive. The difference of speed, thankfully, ...