Weird, an unsupported fix from the manufacturer. Here's a fix but if it burns a hole in the bottom of your Macbook, we're not responsible.

Does that mean they'll gradually ship Macbooks with SATA-2 running at full speed or are they expecting their customers to keep voiding part of their warranty by fixing their mistake?

I suppose it's more convenient (for them) than recalling the first batches of crippled Macbooks, but I don't find their response adequate.

Reply to #19 - kenklopz

I spend 8 hours a day working on those cheap, perfectly running 99.9% of the time PCs. Sadly I'm not rich, but at least when I go home I can sit in front of my Apple and let the scorched images of SCE 2007 and Powershell slowly fade away from my retinas.

Somehow, I'm underwhelmed. The stupid Sata speed snafu is just one thing among many. While there are some things about the new MacBooks that are improvements, some seem a step in the wrong direction. There really should have been an eSata port included -- the cost would have been minimal. And the lack of an expresscard slot is a deal breaker for me. The various card reader formats included are useless to me. I shoot pro camera gear and need CF and carry a CF/FireWire 400/800 reader anyway.

I know I can get it with the 17" model; but that is too big to fit in with all my camera gear in the pack that I carry onto planes. The 15" model is the perfect size.

Apple claims to think outside the box and to cater to the professional graphics people. I don't see them doing it much any more. And with the limited hardware customization available, they're slipping off my radar.

The only question this provokes is when the problem was first spotted. I'm too lazy and on too unwieldy and slow a machine to go poking around earlier posts and the sites to which they may provide links to find out for myself. And the only reason the question came to mind is Mr. Kowaliski's characterization that it "didn't take long" for Apple to provide an update. When TR reported it is obviously not when it first showed up.

Well at least Apple is getting better in their turnaround time in addressing user concerns.

Now if only they'd add ExpressCard back to the 15.4" MacBook Pro when they next refresh it.

dbl post....sigh.

mmm....apples.

I'm curious what SSD comes in a Macbook Pro if drives that can do more than 150gbit/s aren't supported. Must be some slow-ass drives.

And it's always true that upgrading your hard drive yourself is unsupported - if your drive is incompatible, that's your problem. I don't see the big hubbub other than Apple being up-front about it. It's not like the warranty is extended to cover after-market parts. Try getting Dell to replace your upgraded hard drive under warranty - they won't do it either.