13 Inch and 15 Inch Sata Connection downgraded

Question

I was thinking about maybe upgrading my 2.4 SR MBP (with Express card and 3.0 Sata) to one of the new unibody 15 inch models. I went to my local Apple store and checked out every 15 inch they had and all of them have been downgraded to Sata 1.5 connection speed. All of the 13 inch models have also been downgraded. What is going on?? I have already sent Apple feedback but this is just beyond being cheap..... to save a few pennies is going to cost Apple a lot of sales. I, for one, am not buying any of the new MBPs.

Answer 1

I could be dating myself (okay... no "faster is better" jokes on this part)... I think it was in the 486 days (or maybe 386... I forget). PCs used to have a "Turbo" switch. You could run them at full speed ("Turbo") or reduced speed. The idea being that the hardware was speeding up much faster than the software was evolving. The timing on some programs couldn't compensate for the faster CPU. An example might be a game where a character moves across the screen at a given rate... but on the faster machine it would fly across faster than you could even see it... so you would switch the "Turbo" off.