Follow the adventure of Apple Remote.
In the proces of upgrading hard drive for a 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo.
The Adventure of Apple Remote – Part 4
Follow the adventure of Apple Remote.
Hanging out with iPhone 3GS and MacBook Pro.
Apple Magic Mouse is now available at Apple Retail Stores.
Apple Magic Mouse is now available in Apple Retail Stores.
New Apple Products: iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, Apple Magic Mouse, Apple Remote, Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme Base Station.
Apple unveils a barrage of product updates today.
iMac
- 21.5-inch and 27-inch 16:9 LED backlit screen.
- Core i5 and Core i7 Processor option for 27-inch iMac.
MacBook
- Unibody Polycarbonate construction.
- Multi-Touch trackpad.
- (Non-removable) Up to 7 hour battery life.
- NO FireWire port.
Mac mini
- Faster Processor.
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server option.
Apple Magic Mouse
- Multi-Touch surface.
- Bluetooth connectivity.
Apple Remote
- New design.
Time Capsule – 1TB
- 802.11n standard compliant.
- Stronger transmitter.
AirPort Extreme Base Station
- 802.11n standard compliant.
- Stronger transmitter.
Apple adresses MacBook Pro SATA transfer rate issue, somewhat.
Apple to day releases MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 to address the SATA transfer speed issue. As previoulsy reported by many, the new generation of 13-inch and 15-inch Unibody MacBook Pros support 1.5Gbps SATA interface instead of 3Gbps as present in the previous Unibody 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro. (Mac Rumors article)
According to Apple:
About MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 | 3.35MB
MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 addresses an issue reported by a small number of customers using drives based on the SATA 3Gbps specification with the June 2009 MacBook Pro. While this update allows drives to use transfer rates greater than 1.5Gbps, Apple has not qualified or offered these drives for Mac notebooks and their use is unsupported.
(June 22, 2009)
What does this mean?
Are the new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro natively supporting 3.0Gbps SATA interface?
It seems that the MacBook Pros are capable, but Apple does not officially support it.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Upgrading from Leopard
Generally I avoid OS upgrade but this time I am giving it a try in a production machine.
Upgrading from Mac OS X Leopard to Mac OS X Snow Leopard Developer Preview on my MacBook Pro.
My colleague tested the upgrade on a MacBook Core Duo and it went smoothly.
I’ll see if the upgrade went smoothly on my MacBook Pro Core Duo.
P.S. I ordered another 320GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive for the MacBook Pro. It is still much cheaper than the 500GB 7200RPM notebook hard drive.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Intel-based Mac Only
General requirement
- Mac computer with an Intel processor
- 1GB memory
For more info, check out Mac OS X Snow Leopard tech specs.