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\"\"<\/a>While the both the new Macbook Airs and the MacBook Pro with Retina Display have new, custom connectors for their SSDs, the updated 2012 13\u201d and 15\u201d MacBook Pros continue to use industry standard SATA drives for their storage. That\u2019s great news for upgrading; it means you can install an OWC Mercury Electra 6G or Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD<\/a> in the main drive bay and get the amazing performance boost that comes from an OWC Solid State Drive.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also an optical drive in these models. It\u2019s obvious Apple is moving away from the optical drive as a media source; they\u2019ve removed it completely from both the Air and now the 2012 MBP Retina models. You can do the same with the standard MacBook Pros, except you can put something even more useful in its place: more storage! The\u00a0OWC Data Doubler<\/a>, allows you install any 9mm or narrower 2.5\u201d\u00a0SSD or platter-based\u00a0drive in the optical bay, and fits without issue in the 2012 MacBook Pros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You may recall the problems people had using 6Gb\/s SSDs in the optical bay of some 2011 MacBook Pros<\/a>, so we did some preliminary tests this time around, too. We\u2019re happy to say that the 15\u201d model can take a 6Gb\/s drive in either bay. Unfortunately, we can\u2019t recommend using a 6Gb\/s drive in the optical bay of the 13\u201d model at this time. <\/strong>In our testing, we found the 6Gb\/s performance of the bay to be very poor. The 3Gb\/s models work with no problems, though, so you can still put a high-capacity drive in the optical bay and put the super-fast 6G SSD in the main drive bay, where it\u2019ll work just fine.<\/p>\n

We will be reviewing options to resolve the problem in the 13″ 6Gb\/s optical bay , just as we are continue to do so with the similar issue affecting the 2011 MacBook Pro 15″\/17″ models.<\/p>\n

Speaking of new Macs and what can\/can’t be upgraded, stay tuned for our coverage on the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display.<\/p>\n

ADDENDUM:<\/strong>\u00a0Independent sources confirm Data Doubler and our 6G Extreme as offering incredible dual drive performance:\u00a0http:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/blog\/2012\/20120708_2-MacBookPro15-dual-6G-ports.html<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE – 9\/20\/2012<\/h2>\n

Good News! Apple released EFI Update 2.9 for MacBook Pro (Mid 2012), which appears to have resolved this issue! We’re locking down the comments here. All the coverage and comments are now concentrated\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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