late model 2009 Macbook hard drive upgrade

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I have a late model 2009 macbook. i want to upgrade the hard drive from 250 gig to a terabyte if possible? Any suggestions what would be the best drive??? I have been reading lots of conflicting answers. Also, what is the max memory it can hold? 4 gigs or 8?
 
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Which 2009 MacBook do you have? There were three models that year. Two of them max out at 6 GB, the late model at 8 GB.

As for the hard drive.... There are several 1 TB drives that will now fit. Keep in mind that any drive for your MacBook has to be SATA and be 2.5" wide and no more than 9.5 MM thick.

Take a look at the drives sold by Other World Computing: LINK
 
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Which 2009 MacBook do you have? There were three models that year. Two of them max out at 6 GB, the late model at 8 GB.

As for the hard drive.... There are several 1 TB drives that will now fit. Keep in mind that any drive for your MacBook has to be SATA and be 2.5" wide and no more than 9.5 MM thick.

Take a look at the drives sold by Other World Computing: LINK
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Thanks for the reply!When i check in prefs i have the Late 2009 model. Regarding memory,when i look up on apple it has max of 6GB.? Regarding HD , can i put 7200 1TB? or would have to stay with 5400 drive? Heat issues with faster drive?
 
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If you have the late model 2009 MacBook, Mactracker says it will hold and utilize 8 Gb ( 2 x 4 GB modules) so you should be OK there. As far as the 5400 RPM 1 TB drive is concerned, that's all OWC stocks. They do have several 750 GB 7200 RPM models.

But you can look elsewhere; for example on Amazon. Just make certain the drive is of the correct dimensions as I stated in my first reply.
 
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If you have the late model 2009 MacBook, Mactracker says it will hold and utilize 8 Gb ( 2 x 4 GB modules) so you should be OK there. As far as the 5400 RPM 1 TB drive is concerned, that's all OWC stocks. They do have several 750 GB 7200 RPM models.

But you can look elsewhere; for example on Amazon. Just make certain the drive is of the correct dimensions as I stated in my first reply.
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Thanks for the info!!:)
 

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