How big hard drive can I go, 13in unibody

[x2thaz]

I have a late 2008 13in unibody macbook core duo 2 2.0 ghz MB466LL/A with 160gb installed. I was looking to upgrade to a bigger internal HD but didn't know how big I can go. I was looking to go up around 500Gb 7200RPM or 320GB HD maybe you can advise me the best route I should go

Thanks

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a maximum height of 12.5 mm will work, thus you can go up to 1 TB.

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• 0. Identify your MacBook or MacBook Pro
• 1. Getting a new HDD
• 2. Guides to replace the internal HDD with a newer one
• 3. Transferring data from the old HDD to the new HDD
• 4. Using the optical disk drive (ODD) slot for placing an SSD or HDD inside the MB/P (OPTIBAY)

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[Ccrew]

I have a late 2008 13in unibody macbook core duo 2 2.0 ghz MB466LL/A with 160gb installed. I was looking to upgrade to a bigger internal HD but didn't know how big I can go. I was looking to go up around 500Gb 7200RPM or 320GB HD maybe you can advise me the best route I should go

Thanks

Biggest you'll get in the 2.5" form factor right this instant is 1tb, although Western Digital has announced a 2tb drive coming.

 

[rgarjr]

I have an alu MacBook and have the Samsung 1TB drive, works good.