SATA 6 Capability

I just bought a brand new 2011 Macbook pro 13" and want to buy a sata 6 hard drive for it. Will it work as I see the sata link might accept this new sata speed.

SATA 6 is compatible with SATA and SATA II, so it will work. You don't need a special SATA 6 interface. It will work in a normal drive bay. It won't be any faster than any other SATA drive, though. No current drives can sustain data faster than SATA, let alone SATA II or SATA 6. SATA 6 would be useful with port multiplication to run multiple drives over one SATA interface. It would allow five drives to transfer data at full speed over one interface cable.

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