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Apple and Proprietary SATA Hard-Drive Power Connector.

Apple’s proprietary SATA Hard-Drive Power Connector in the 2011 iMac is something new. Apple may have caught vendors like Other World Computing off guard, but it is not unanticipated. Since the introduction of iMac G5 with built-in iSight camera in 2005, it has been a daunting task to replace the hard-drive on this all-in-one computer.

Having a thermal sensor on the hard-drive itself is nice. Would this become an industry standard? Apple does not act alone, at least one hard-drive manufacturer is in on it.

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Apple adresses MacBook Pro SATA transfer rate issue, somewhat.

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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.

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Gateway Drivers for Windows XP

I have been getting a lot of request from people looking for Gateway Computers Windows XP Drivers, especially for the SATA bus.

For those who are looking for this driver most likely purchased a Gateway computer. The driver is taken from Gateway disc, and it is zipped.

Get it here.
If you are worried about the safety of the file, please feel free to scan it using your favorite anti-virus software.

Compatible with Gateway Desktop GT5404, GT5408, and others.

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Gateway ML3109 drivers.

Thanks to Andy Danziger.