External Drive installed IN MacBook pro?

There are some great prices on Seagate 2TB 3.5" Expansion External Drives. Can anyone tell me if you could pull the drive out and install INSIDE a MacBook Pro? (Is it a 2.5" SATA drive?) I'm out of space and can't update any more!!
I have swapped internal drive into external cases, but don't want to pull an external apart if I won't be able to install internally.
Thanks!
Tom

Yes, it's correct that all MBPs use 2.5" SATA hard drives. All unibody MBPs can use drives up to 12.5mm high, even though Apple specifies 9.5mm drives.
The bare drive units inside some factory-assembled external drives are 15mm high and won't fit inside a MBP, but you generally can't find out what drive unit is inside such a product, or anything about its height, without taking it apart and voiding its manufacturer's warranty. And external drives cost more than bare drives.

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