Will it fit........

I need to know the max height for an internal drive for a MBP 17" 4,1 as I want to put in a drive in that is 14.8mm high. The current WD 1TB drive fit just fine and it is 12.7mm and seemed to have room to spare. How to figure out without taking the computer apart and trying to measure the space OR without purchasing the drive only to find out that it will not fit?

Jim in Chicago

cbssys said:

I need to know the max height for an internal drive for a MBP 17" 4,1 as I want to put in a drive in that is 14.8mm high.

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Nope...that won't fit. The drives in MacBook Pro's are usually 9.5mm...sometimes you can squeeze a 12.5mm drive in...but I would have to say no way to a 14.8mm height drive in a MacBook Pro.

- Nick

Just out of curiosity, what drive is that tall?

JohnCL said:

Just out of curiosity, what drive is that tall?

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I was wondering the same thing! I saw on Newegg.com that they sold a 15mm height 2.5" laptop HD:

Newegg.com - Seagate Constellation.2 ST91000640NS 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache 2.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Enterprise-class Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

...so I guess a 14.8mm may be a similar drive.

- Nick

I literally just read this story on Engadget. Toshiba unveils MQ01ABD HDD series, packs 1TB on a 9.5mm frame -- Engadget
Won't be available in stores just yet but coming soon. 1TB, 5400 RPM, 9.5mm height. Will fit a MacBook Pro.

WD Scorpio Blue is also supposed to provide 1TB in a 9.5mm drive. Samsung was reportedly working on one as well, but haven't seen it available yet.