ColorWare introduces the limited edition Stealth MacBook Pro that comes in matte black with a zero gloss finish. The custom Stealth MacBook Pro features Stealth finish that uses SofTouch technology, adding to its smooth-feeling covert look while protecting the surface from fingerprints and ...

While playing with my new 3GHz “Mid 2009” MacBook Pro I noticed that it made that weird optical drive load/unload sound three times in a row, instead of the usual one, any time the drive was used. If you don’t have a CD or DVD handy you can invoke the sound by clicking on ...

Praising the “superb colour-accurate displays” found on the new MacBook Pro computers, Rob Galbraith (robgalbraith.com) indicates that the revamped lineup “offers the best displays for photographers we’ve ever seen from Apple.” Singling out the 13-inch MacBook Pro, he adds it “could well ...

This $6000 Colorware MacBook Pro isn't just impressive because of its price, it's impressive because it looks like what a real matte black MacBook Pro from Apple would look like. There are only ten available, and with each one costing $6000, you're probably not going to be one of the ten. So ...

I have good news for all of you upset by Apple’s recent price drop in in its portables. Colorware has stepped in to fill the high-priced void by offering a limited edition run of 10 “Stealth” MacBook pros, for only $6000 each. So, what do you get for your $6000? Well, you get ...

Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro offers far more than new and returning...

Its “fetching high-resolution screen and its portability make this an attractive notebook for professional designers,” reports Jonathan Rougeot (computershopper.com) of the new 17-inch MacBook Pro. In addition, Rougeot concludes, the new model’s “sleek design, impressive battery life, and ...

How do the batteries in the new MacBook Pro laptops measure up? Walt Mossberg (ptech.allthingsd.com) wanted to know, so “using my own harsh battery test,” he assessed the performance of new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models. “The results,” he reports, ”were excellent. These two new Apple ...

Apple this week released an EFI Firmware update for the just-shipped MacBook Pro models that enable 3Gbps transfer rates with some third-party hard disks.

A recent Apple firmware update is causing significant problems for some MacBook Pro owners, talk on Apple's support forums indicates. The update was intended to bring full 3Gbps throughput to the Pro's SATA controller, after it was discovered that the newest systems had been artificially limited ...

To their credit, Apple addressed complaints about a downgraded, slower SATA interface on their new MacBook Pros fairly quickly . Unfortunately, that hasty firmware update seems to be causing much more serious problems. For example! Not recognizing common hard drives. A rapidly growing thread ...

Good things finally come in small packages with the release of Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro...

“With its lower price, the return of FireWire (woo-hoo!), longer battery life, better looking display and a new built-in SD Card slot that you can boot from, the newest member of the MacBook Pro makes an impressive debut,” concludes James Galbraith (macworld.com) in his 4.5-mouse (out of ...

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Apple has released an update for its newest MacBook Pro notebooks introduced at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month. According to notes provided with Monday's MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7, it allows drives to use transfer speeds greater than 1.5Gbps. ...

Lucas123 writes "After declining comment on an apparent downgrade to the serial ATA hard drive interface in its new MacBook Pros, from 3Gbps to 1.5Gbps, Apple today issued a firmware upgrade to fix a problem reported by 'a small number of customers' using drives based on the latest SATA ...

Apple on Monday released an EFI firmware update for the MacBook Pro models launched earlier this month. The update brings back support for the 3Gbps SATA specification, although the company warns that it has not offered or qualified drives running at transfer rates higher than 1.5Gbps. Earlier ...

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People who purchased the latest MacBook Pro computers have found that the hard drive controller was listing the transfer rate of drives as 1.5Gbps. This surprised users because it was a seemingly unnecessary downgrade of performance and features from other MacBook models.

Posted by Dave Merten MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 addresses an issue using drives based on the SATA 3Gbps specification with the MacBook Pro introduced in June 2009. This update allows drives to use transfer rates greater than 1.5Gbps, however Apple has not qualified or offered these ...