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MacBook (1,1) Replacement HDD Q

secondfox

secondfox

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I got my MacBook when they first came out, and I want to replace my HDD with something bigger and faster than the stock 80 GB 5400. I noticed that all the 7200 rpm drives have a 3.0 GB/s interface (or something like that), and that my device manager says that my current drive is 1.5. Is there any problem with my putting in a 7200 rpm drive?
 
Are there any 7200 rpm drives that people recommend? There's probably another thread about this somewhere....
 
secondfox said:
Are there any 7200 rpm drives that people recommend? There's probably another thread about this somewhere....
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I recommend the 320GB Scorpio Black model#WD3200BEKT for about $90us. I had this in my 1,1 until I moved it to my new aluminum. Works great in both MacBooks.
 
And just to clarify, what is the .3 in the 7200.3 all about? Is that for a particular make of 7200 rpm drives, or is does that denote the size of the drive, or what?
 
How big a HD can my macbook1,1 take?

Does anyone know how big a HD replacement I can get? I have the macbook1,1 that came with an 80GB 5400 that just burned out. The Genius at the apple bar speculated that couldn't go bigger than 320GB, does anyone know how large I can go? like 500GB?

Otherwise I'll get one of the two 320GB/7200rpm models mentioned here - thanks all!

Something like this:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...ecadd110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&locale=en-US
 
I don’t think you can put a 12.5 mm drive in (for 1 TB or 750 GB), but you can get either a 500 GB 7200 RPM drive or a 640 GB 5400 RPM drive in the 9 mm height.
 
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