Solved Largest Hard Drive Currently Available Macbook Core 2 Duo

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What is the Largest Hard Drive currently available for my 2.4 GHz MacBook? Western Digital’s 1TB & 750 GB SATA 3 Gb/s w/AdvFormat Internal HDs are 12.5 mm tall thus not compatible. I’ve found a couple of 640’s but if I am going to invest in a new HD, would like to get the largest available. Also, is 7200 rpm’s better than 5400 rpm’s (I realize drive access time is a function of drive speed, but is there really a noticeable difference to the NON-action computer user?).

You’ve done your research well. Personally I prefer the 7200 as the speed difference is noticeable. I’m running a 320 WD scorpio black and prefer to do my mass storage on external drives. I’d just rather not work my most used drive that hard, and drives fail so my time machine is updated daily.

Western Digital, and Seagate are probably the best companies for hard drives, as Mayer said, your right about the speed, but the biggest 7200 RPM, 2.5" SATA 9.5mm drive out there is this 500GB Seagate Momentus: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… this drive appears to have a bad rep, so here’s a 320GB 7200RPM WD Scorpio Black: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… this one appears to have a great reputation, Western Digital has been my preference since the mid-90’s.

WD 750 is only 9.5mm http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products…. it should work.. it has same measurements as the rest of HDD with less memory.