Biggest possible hard drive in macbook pro?

Hi everybody!
I have a late 2010, 13" macbook pro and i was wondering what the biggest possible harddrive for this macbook would be? So far I haven't seen anything bigger than 750 Gb but i'm looking for a 1 TB drive..
Anyone?
Cheers!

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