SATA II (3g/s) on my Mini?

Can my Mini (2007, 1.83 Core Duo) handle SATA II (3gb/s)* hard drives, or just SATA I? Seems like the vast majority of drives available these days are SATA II.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SerialATA#SATA_Revision_2.0_.28SATA_3Gb.2Fs.29

Sata should self negotiate the speeds between the SATA controller and the device. They will run at whatever the slowest speed the controller or device is. You can add a Sata II device and it will simply run at Sata I speeds if that is all the controller will support.
Not sure exactly what is in your Mac Mini - but a Sata II drive should work without any problems.
Message was edited by: DaveEP

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