How big a Hard drive can my macbook take

2 GHz Intel core 2 Duo , 80GB hard drive ,1GB ram ,late 2006.
i want to upgrade my hard drive , i want to go as big as possible on my macbook. At the apple support site ,its said this macbook can only take up to 200GB , is that true ? because i have read of people who have went bigger.
What speed do i select? , i think the highest on a 200GB is 5400rpm , but wont that cause overheating ? should i settle a slower hard drive ?
i need advise ... anyone

punta wrote:
2 GHz Intel core 2 Duo , 80GB hard drive ,1GB ram ,late 2006.
i want to upgrade my hard drive , i want to go as big as possible on my macbook. At the apple support site ,its said this macbook can only take up to 200GB , is that true ? because i have read of people who have went bigger.
This is not true. Sometimes the size limits mentioned are what Apple was offering as an upgrade. Currently the largest drive for the newest MacBook offered is a 250 GB drive. This doesn't mean thats the biggest you can get that just is what Apple offers.
I have basiclly the same Macbook as you CD BlackBook, mine was one of the last ones built before the C2D came out. I just installed this in mine.
Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive - OEM
I also bought an enclosure to put my 80 GB rive in so I can use it for storage. I also used it to help recover my system once I installed my 320 GB drive. There are reports that a 500 GB 2.5 inch SATA drive is in development.
OWC Hard Drive Enclosures
These are good sources for drives.
OWC MacBook Ram and Hard drives
NewEgg.com LapTop Hard Drives
As a side note I have no problems with heat, vibration or anything. It runs faster than my 80 GB drive as tested with XBench.

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