Biggest and fastest hard drive I can put into my Thinkpad X61
What is the biggest and fastest hard drive I can put into my Thinkpad X61 (type 7673-AG2)?
Here's someone who used a Seagate Monentus:
I'm surprised that the vintage 2007 core2duo Thinkpad X61 supports Sata 3Gb/s. Has it been around that long?
The Lenovo X61 product detail support page does not say which revisions of SATA it supports:
The X61 hardware maintenance manual just says "SATA interface".
See http://www.hgst.com/travelstar-7k1000 for a good candidate.
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