MacBook Pro drive speed limit?

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AlfaKen


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Hi all - newbie here.

I need to upgrade my 2GHz Core Duo hard drive and have found a myriad of 'suitable' devices. It seems that a 320Gb one is the way to go but there are 7200.2, 7200. 3 and SATA300 ones available.

My query is what can this older model take? Any preference on manufacturer?

All help welcomed. Thanks in advance. Ken
 
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It will take any SATA drive I believe. The biggest I found was the 7,200rpm 320GB HDD (I upgraded last week).
 
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AlfaKen said:
Hi all - newbie here.

I need to upgrade my 2GHz Core Duo hard drive and have found a myriad of 'suitable' devices. It seems that a 320Gb one is the way to go but there are 7200.2, 7200. 3 and SATA300 ones available.

My query is what can this older model take? Any preference on manufacturer?

All help welcomed. Thanks in advance. Ken
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The 7200.3 is probably a Seagate HDD. That's more of a model number and it just indicates that it's the 3rd version I believe.
 
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On another forum people reported a lot of vibration with their 7200 RPM drives. Anyone back this up?
 

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