Why is the Hitachi default drive limited to SATA-150 ?!?! That is bogus.

I have had a HP TX2110us (aka tx2000) tablet for a few years. I'm happy that I've suffered no overheating issues since RMA'ing it immediately after I purchased it.
One thing that really frustrates me though is the fact that the default Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 is capable of SATA-300 yet is limited to SATA-150 max transfer rates as reflected from the nForce SATA controller, both on the the default Vista OS and upgraded Windows 7.
That is just baffling for HP to force such limitations on consumers that are right to expect that hardware they purchase should perform to spec. If this is, as I suspect, an underhanded strategy to force consumers into pricier purchases I find it duplicitous marketing at its worst. The consumer should have every right to think that when they purchase a laptop that has a SATA-300 drive in it, it will be equipped with the proper SATA controller that would enable it to perform at its intended speed ... not a super sub-par SATA-150 transfer rate that was all the rage in 2004. How could any ethical vendor justify such marketing deceit?
Just like I hate thinking about how HP limits your ability to upgrade the abysmal internal mini-pci wireless card with their BIOS white list limiting you only to the card model and vendor they chose to equip it with OEM, all seemingly in the name of the profitable exclusive contracts they work out with their vending parters at the expense of their own customers! Are they truly only targeting the dumbed down customer that wouldn't know the difference between SATA-150 and SATA-300 that requires their purchase of HP service contracts or pricier "options" to do any basic upgrades? If so, they appear to be doing a fantastic job.

You definitely have a point. The nForce 430 chipset should be capable of SATA II transfer speeds. There are many instances of HP notebooks having capabilities below the maximum possible for the hardware installed. It is common that memory bus speeds are downclocked, for example. I believe HP does this to limit warranty exposure. By detuning the hardware, it theroretically will last longer. And I am afraid you are right. HP can do this because the public does not know any better. Laptops sell largely because of how they look, not what they can do. But why would we expect the public to do any better job picking computers than electing politicians? There are parallels.

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Shouldn't Apple be better quality than this? I've used my old MBP from 2006 for 5 years with no problems. I've only had to back up data maybe once a year because it was so durable.
But this 2011 MBP had the hitachi 320gb SATA drive and one day it started clicking and everything froze. I immediately shut it down took it to the Apple Store, in which the genius bar guy said there was nothing they could do other than swap out the drive (which I did myself as I was not prepared to be charged $250+ for services and waste 2-3 weeks as my warranty was 1 month overdue). Even with AppleCare coverage, Apple will still not recover the data...
This is ridiculous! I strictly use the MBP for school/no gaming/haven't dropped it or moved it around rigorously/bought it instore (assuming it was handled properly). There is no reason for being such crap quality at $1300. I took it to a data recovery center and get this, the quote was $1700 as the read/write heads were defective and the surface of the disk was scratched, I could buy a new computer with that money! Were there no quality checks for these drives? I have PC laptops at home and none of them has had that problem! I'm planning to dispute this with Apple for losing years worth of valuable data.
Does anyone have the same problem? Are early 2011 MBPs prone to hard drive failures?

As Ogel stated drives fail. Unless you bought your 2011 Mac right when the early 2011 models came out you still should be under the one year warranty. They came out at the end of Febuary.
So that drive should be covered, dependinig on when you bought your Mac. And they offer a extended warranty which if you had purchased it would cover the drive failure, Hardware not data.
As far as the data, Apple includes the Time Machine program and there are 2, that I know of, cloning programs available to backup your data. If you did not use any of those programs you will ALWAYS LOSE YOUR DATA.
That is a fact of computers. They fail, end of story. Unless you have multiple copies of your files you are going to lose them.
Good Luck.

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I had a very old intel iMac from late 2006 which was dying now dead. I just managed to copy the Entourage folder onto an external hard drive before the iMac gave up the ghost. But I could not open the Entourage copy on the G5 PPC. each time i tried to do so the PPC copy of Entourage would open instead.I have emails on the PPC copy and do not want to lose them. I was wondering if it would be possible to install another copy of Entourage on the second hard drive? I was hoping that by doing that I could access the information from the iMac which has been copied to an external hard drive.
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Normally if anyone buys an apple product (mac) , it comes with a built-in-apps that should be considered ( built in ) , Then why when the mac faces a mistake or an error that forces it to format , these apps don't show up ? etc : iMovie , garageband

normally if anyone buys an apple product with a specific model (mac) , it comes with a built-in-apps that should be considered ( built in ) , Then why when the mac faces a mistake or an error that forces it to format , these apps don't show up ? etc : iMovie , garageband ...
considered it should be '' BUILT IN APPS '' ??
So does it really make sense that i should buy these apps again after i already payed an extra amount of money in the first place to get a model that includes them ??
after formatting my mac these apps should be there like its a whole new device that i opened !!!
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Actually, it's not on BlackBerry at all, it's on the app makers.
Just like when Microsoft introduces a new O/S, it's the software makers that have to update their software to be compatible with it.
App makers want their apps to be compatible with as many models as possible (for financial reasons) so they will update the apps when it makes financial sense i.e. enough people are using the new phones to make it worthwhile.
I've found that bank apps are typically slower to update, due to the security concerns involved.
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HT4306 Why does the ping icon show next to some songs that I purchase and prevent me from burning onto a CD for my own personal use?

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Why is the MacBook Pro Serial ATA transfer speed half that of the new iMac?

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Why do the Apple default apps have so many issues?

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Notes
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Contacts
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Calendar
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No doubt, I have forgotten to list a few things. Apple, I know you pride yourself in the integration of hardware and software. Why, then, are the basics missing? Please get them sorted.

You are not addressing Apple here. This is a user to user technical support forum. If you want to tell Apple your thoughts, then go to the feedback page HERE, and click on the appropriate subject.

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Hello everyone,
now I've been using Dreamweaver since Ultradev 1.0 and I have just recently upgraded to CS 5.5 Web Edition. Before that I used CS3. I've allways been very satisfied with Macromedia and Adobe products until now
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... what I really cannot understand is why the heck is Dreamweaver automatically uploading files that do not belong to the currently open site to the ftp server? I cannot think of any scenario in which this would be appropriate behaviour. I'd understand it if the files somehow contained links (CSS, JS, PHP, etc.) to the currently open site, but they don't! Dreamweaver simply sets out, every now and again, to creating a totally "dumb" folder structure on my ftp servers when I open a file from outside of the site - which I do very often to copy code I used in other projects.
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It's just frustrating having to cleanup the ftp servers because
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