Will this work? (swapping HDs)

Costco has the 160GB Western Digital Passport portable external HD for a really good price (cheaper than the harddrive costs by itself). Does anyone know if it's possible to open up the enclosure and swap the harddrive with my MacBook's stock 80GB drive?
Here's the link to the Passport HD on WD's site: http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=262
Thanks for any insight

yeah, I know it has to be SATA...I was hoping someone might have personal experience doing this who could vouch for it. If not, does anyone know what type of drives are in WD Passports?

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