Is this Macbook possible?

Was there ever a Macbook made that had a C2D 2ghz processor, but still had two USB 1.1 ports? Because I could swear that I'm using such a thing at this place I work at now. It's odd because I always thought that all manufacturers had switched over to USB 2.0 before the first C2D processor was released. Or maybe just all manufacturers but Apple.

Also, I'm guessing that it's not a good idea to put in mini DVDs into the Macbook's slot-loading disc drive?

 

Yeah, that would definitely be a bad idea.

 

No, all the Intel Macs have USB 2.0 ports...1.1 isn't great at all.

And no, don't put mini DVDs into the disc drive .

 

I would think the device your using to attach to the macbook is only a usb 1.1 which the macbook has a usb 2.0 support but is picking up an older device since its backward compatible.

 

Actually there is a way to do it. Put the disk on a piece of hard salami and cut out a hole in the middle so the disk sits flush with it, then put a regular size cd on that and cut it out so that it's the size of a regular disk.

 

You can't be serious. If you are, that is the worst advice I have ever heard. Salami? Are you kidding???? Don't put foodstuffs in your computer. A better alternative is thin hard cardboard. But you are better of not even trying to be honest.

 

haha no I'm not. I was hoping everybody would get that.

 

Are you running windows on the macbook? pre sp2 (or maybe 1, cant remember) didn't have proper usb 2.0 support. So maybe thats why?

 

usb 1.1 is ancient. why would anyone wants that? everything is in USB 2.0 and its backward compatible, so its a win-win if you got USB 2.0.

all intel mac is USB 2.0

dont put mini disc on the slot loading drive. it will get stuck inside.

 

OK, mini disc in slot loading drive = bad idea. I got that

But seriously, the usb port on the macbook I'm using is really slow, and I know that it's not my kingston flashdrive b/c on my MSI notebook it's insanely fast in both XP and Ubuntu (200MB in like 10 seconds!!) However, on the Macbook, it takes like 7 minutes to copy one 45MB file, which is like insanely slow, and perhaps even slower than the other USB 1.1 flashdrive I have.

I have a theory about what the problem could be. Right after I purchased the flash drive, I formatted it from FAT to FAT32 (I've had bad experiences w/ FAT in the past). Do Macs support the FAT32 filesystem really well? If not, then I really wouldn't mind formatting my flashdrive to something else if FAT32 is the only problem.

 

Mac OS X supports FAT32 fine, and its a good idea to keep flash drives FAT32 as you're always moving them around plugging into Macs and Windows PCs. I don't know why its so slow, that's very awkward...no way it takes me 7 minutes to copy a 45 MB file.

 

OK, then it looks like this is just something that I'm going to have to deal with for now. I really don't mind since I don't use the flash drive much anyways, but I'll keep looking out for whatever the problem might be. Thanks.

 

that is strange... about the slow speed, i have a theory.... maybe the os doesnt have the supported 2.0 driver with the flash drive company, and is backtracking to 1.1?

on a side note...

i wonder if ntfs format is compatible with macs?

 

NTFS is read-only on OS X, unfortunately!