{"id":12410,"date":"2011-11-01T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=12410"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:31:45","slug":"apples-latest-2011-macbook-pro-refresh-using-sata-3-0-6gbs-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12410-apples-latest-2011-macbook-pro-refresh-using-sata-3-0-6gbs-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s Latest 2011 MacBook Pro Refresh & Using SATA Revision 3.0 6Gb\/s Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As we mentioned last Monday<\/a>, Apple has released new \u201cspeed bumped\u201d MacBook Pro 13″, 15″, and 17″ model laptops. These units all show 6Gb\/s link capability for both the main drive bay and the optical bay. Right out of the gate all of these models are proving 100% reliable for use of a SATA Revision 3.0 hard drive or OWC 6G SSD installed into the main drive bay.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just like the Early 2011 models, while we continue to see reliability with 6Gb\/s in the optical bay of the 13″ model\u00a0– the optical bays of the 15″ and 17″ models remain too unstable for 6Gb\/s drive use. Although still unstable in the 15″ and 17″, the optical bay SATA signal has<\/em> improved considerably and we are looking into possibilities that might make 6Gb\/s in this bay reliable.<\/p>\n

This is the same as drive setup\/configuration we saw in the the Early 2011 MacBook Pros.<\/a> While it had been a long road with various frustrations in terms of using a 6Gb\/s SSD in even the main bay of the previous 15\u201d and 17\u201d models \u2013\u00a0Apple\u2019s EFI 2.2 update resolved most of those issues<\/a>. Future updates may resolve some fringe issues for those models, but, unfortunately, testing across a significant number of both Early and Late 2011 MacBook Pro models indicate that 6Gb\/s is only stable in the main bay of 15\u201d and 17\u201d models, while optical bay 6Gb\/s is reliable for 13\u201d models only at this time.<\/p>\n

To keep it simple:<\/h2>\n
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  • MacBook Pro 13\u201d October\/2011 models (2.4GHz and 2.8GHz)<\/strong>
    \nMain Drive Bay = 6Gb\/s Good
    \nOptical Bay with Data Doubler = 6Gb\/s Good<\/li>\n
  • MacBook Pro 15\u201d October\/2011 models (2.2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.5GHz)<\/strong>
    \nMain Drive Bay = 6Gb\/s Good
    \nOptical Bay with Data Doubler = 3Gb\/s Drives only, not stable for 6Gb\/s capable drives<\/em><\/li>\n
  • MacBook Pro 17\u201d October\/2011 models (2.4GHz and 2.5GHz)<\/strong>
    \nMain Drive Bay = 6Gb\/s Good
    \nOptical Bay with Data Doubler = 3Gb\/s Drives only, not stable for 6Gb\/s capable drives<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As we mentioned last Monday, Apple has released new \u201cspeed bumped\u201d MacBook Pro 13″, 15″, and 17″ model laptops. These units all show 6Gb\/s link capability for both the main drive bay and the optical bay. 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