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MacBook Pro 15" has two 6G SATA Ports that are Reliable and Fast

2012-07-08 • SEND FEEDBACK |
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OWC informed me a few weeks ago that the June 2012 MacBook Pro 15" (non-Retina) has dual 6G ports that are both reliable for use with 6G SATA SSDs, unlike the prior model, which was hit and miss.

I’ve had the 15" 2.7 GHz MacBook Pro in hand, and indeed it supports consistent 6G performance, using the OWC Data Doubler to install a 2nd 6G drive into the optical bay.

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Test results from the June 2012 15" Macbook Pro.

Write/Read performance with zeroes and incompressible data for 2 X 240GB OWC 6G SSD in RAID-0 stripe
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