Q: 13" MBP SATA interface downgraded to 1.5 Gigabit

I've seen other people having problems. I bought the X25M drive and simply used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the contents from the original drive to the new drive. Then I booted off the new drive to test. Finally, I swapped drives.

It's worse than that... You don't even get 150MB/sec because of overhead and other advances made with SATA II.

Check out these benchmarks for an OCZ Vertex 128GB SSD drive from Macrumors.com



Test: Sequential File Read and Write Throughput
App: HD Tune Pro 3.50
Drive: OCZ Vertex 128GB (MLC)

SATA II: 13" MBA, 13" MB, 17" MBP (and old versions of 13"/15" MBP)

Sequential READ = 225 MB/sec
Sequential WRITE = 180 MB/sec

SATA I: new 13" MBP, 15" MBP

Sequential READ = 115 MB/sec
Sequential WRITE = 95 MB/sec


The speedup from the SSD's fast random access will still be felt, making the user interface and applications snappier.
[COLOR="Blue"]However, the SATA I/SATA150 in the new 13"/15" MB Pro will cause an enormous performance degradation when copying large files or transferring large files to and from external drives --- on the order of losing >50% of your throughput![/COLOR]

I have two OCZ vertex, I think when u installing it ..u shouldn't valdiate the DVD
just skip the valdiation and go straight into installation and u shouldn't have any problems

Also i did update the firmware to 1.3 and been working fine.

I did get spinning beachball once....and have not happened to me since i removed istat

What MacBook are you running your Vertex SSD on?

Gaar.. oops, didn't see your signature.. sorry.

So you're saying that you have a Vertex FW 1.3 in your MBP 13" and you have only had a beachball once..? For how long have you been using these together?

I was certain it was a problem on -all- MBP 13" :/

Wow. With SATA I and no ExpressCard slot, I really don't see how this can be branded as a Pro machine. This leave the 17" as the only pro option.

*PLEASE voice your concern over this downgrade:*
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html

Edited for Feedback link.

Well, i can't speak for the older macbook..as i bought it for 4 days and new MBP come out so i sold that and get the new 13" MBP

using it since last Thursday, but i guess i'm not in OSX often enough
so i will try to stay on OSX for 1 week without turning it off and see how it goes. I removed istat....the one time i had it was with istat installed
so see how i without it installed.

Woo Hoo!

I was really miffed that my 13" MB, purchased in Feb., would be burden me with severe buyer's remorse -- compounded by a low resale value.

Now... maybe not so much. 

This is slowly making the rounds on news sites:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/new-macbook-pros-shipped-with-hdds-only-have- 1-5gbps-sata-chips/
http://www.9to5mac.com/macbook-pro-2009-sata-3.0-1.5-SSD
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=720024

Engadget claims that any CTO machines shipped with an Apple-installed SSD have the full 3.0 speed enabled, while those that ship with standard hard drives are capped at 1.5. Many users (like myself) choose to install hard drives ourselves because Apple charges way too much. Is this a ploy by Apple to prevent users from upgrading themselves? If so, I find it disgusting.

I've read most of the threads on the different sites on this topic. There was only one real BTO with SSD confirmed and it was at running at 1.5

Anybody contacted Apple directly (someone higher up than a standard CS rep) and asked about a firmware or software fix?

I just bought the New MacBook Pro 15" 2.8 Ghz 4Gig Ram and 500 Gig drive and it's also saying Serial-ATA 1.5 Gigabits, so the issues is not only with the 13"

I actually just added a Corsair 256Gig SSD and it's runing slower then My Old MacBook Unibody Early 2009 with Corsair 128 Gig.

I have to say the LCD monitor seems to be inferior too. Looks like the density of the pixel are less. I can see the pixels, and it's driving crazy.

I am very disapointed as well.

I gotta tell ya I was worried when they announced the new tech but as soon as I realized there was an SD slot and no Express Card 3/4, I knew regardles of the cpu speed this little baby was better and now this!

Unbelievable - the company known for it's forward design philosophy instead took one problem - no FW on 13 MB - and instead of fixing just that, downgraded almost their entire line for what - 2-3 extra hours of battery time?

You've lost so much though - the ability to swap batteries yourself, to change your own hard drive - insanely simple with my model, and lost expandability. My first USB 3.0 purchase will be an ExpressCard adapter - need I say more?

And my Serial ATA clearly says 3 Gigabits.

I just purchased a 13" mbp and I have the dreaded 1.5gbps SATA. I was already contemplating returning this computer because the screen just plain ***** compared to my old macbook air's screen. After hearing about this, I will be returning it after all. Thanks for nothing Apple!

I too have a new MBP 15 inch and profiler is showing 1.5 Gigabit. I was someone in the thread say that this is only if you did not order the SSD. Has anyone got a answer on what is going on? I would of gladly payed full price not to loose the express card and possibly a step back from sata II the logical step should of been to goto sata III. I feel like I just bought a rebranded macbook.