1st Generation MB Max Specs

Hey there,
I'm trying to do some upgrading on my Mac Book... its a first generation.. 1.83GHz 55 GB HD and I have 2GB of ram...
I want to upgrade the HD.. I'm quickly running out of space (if I didnt have my music on my external drive, I'd be out of space. I realize that I can just keep using other external drives and such, but I really just want a bigger internal drive so that I dont have to carry around externals with me... plus I want to install Final Cut, which takes up 55gb on its own for the whole package...
Does the first generation take sata drives... i'm pretty sure it does, because when I bring up my disk utility it says "Serial ATA" also is there a cap?? The guy at the computer store told me he thinks the max on a 1st gen macbook is 120.. is that true, or was he just crazy??? 120 is good, but i'd love a nice 250 or 320... this is the HD i'd like to put in.. but i wont if it can only take 120 gb..
http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018732&cid=HD.517 .47
please let me know

cburke... It would appear that the drive you linked to is a desktop drive, not a notebook drive. You need to be looking for drives that are 2.5" (desktop drives are 3.5"... and much thicker than the 9.5mm limit for the MacBook. The vast majority of current notebook drives meet the 9.5mm spec. Some older drives... and a handful of new drives may be thicker. That particular site seems to have only one 2.5" notebook drive and it's only 80GB. I realize you are in Canada... so you will need to look at online stores in your area, but this link at NewEgg gives you an idea of what you should be looking for:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives

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