hard drive size

[Tech198]

Hi all

Does the 15' i7 Macbook Pro support 12.5mm height 2.5" SATA drives?

I found one by Western Digital 1TB 5400rpm, but it specifically states that it was 12.5mm in height.

If the mac doesn't what capacity can the MPB support up to ? as it looks like it can archive up to 6Gig with Sata 3.

 

[Legion93]

All MacBook pro's supports 2.5" SATA form factor HDDs/SSDs.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

All Unibody MBPs support 2.5" S-ATA 12.5mm HDDs.
The 2010 MBP supports S-ATA 1.5Gbps and S-ATA 3.0Gbps HDDs and SSDs, the 2011 MBP supports S-ATA 6-0Gbps HDDs and SSDs.

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD​

 

[Tech198]

height

ok thanks

 

[Vantage Point]

I found one by Western Digital 1TB 5400rpm

Samsung also makes a 1TB drive. Both are slower spin, 5200/5400 rpm with 3 platters.

The question to ask yourself is if you prefer speed or size. What I mean by this is that the WD Scorpio Black comes in 750GB and spins at 7200 RPM. This drive, which I recently purchased, is only two platters of similar but higher density. So you can expect the WD SB 750Gb drive to perform roughly 30% faster for applications loading, boot times... Of course if you plan on putting 700-800GB of data on your laptop the 1TB drive is the way to go. If you plan on 500-600Gb then you will likely be much happier with the faster drive. I bought mine on Amazon for $109 shipped and as you may know, Amazon has a great 30 day return policy.