Maximum Hardrive

I have had my Macbook now since Jan 2007 with 160GB hardrive. I want to upgrade it.
1. What's the maximum size that I can go to?
2. Are there any suggestion in terms of brands, specs, etc...?

Hey Rupdawg and welcome to the forum-
1. Right now, 500GB is the largest notebook drives
2. I like Seagate for internal drives but that's a personal preference. You can go for a faster, 7200 rpm or keep the 5400 rpm speed like your original drive. There is a hight restriction of 9.5 mm and it needs to be 2.5" SATA. [CLICK HERE|http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Ne=5000&Ntt=2.5harddrive&Ntk=Primary&Ns=P_Price%7c0&N=6892] for a good place to shop for them.
-GDF

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screenfreak wrote:
i want to buy an external drive for my macbook pro retina. i want to knwo if i were to buy an external hardrive big enought ot back up my 768 on my retina could i also put other media on it (like video and movie) without it overwriting or something like that
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