Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache??

hiya people
i've got a 17 inch macbook pro looking to upgrade the hdd to a bigger one been looking at the Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache. can't seem to find an answer whether my early mac book supports this?
i'm well out of warranty and used to be a solaris server engineer at Sun so i know my way round inside a machine just can't seem to find a definitive answer hope some one can help me out.
had to remove my 80gb iphoto library, i understand my controller is saying 1.5gb transfer speed and sataII is 3gb. if not could anyone recommend a good fast sata drive either 500gb or 1 Tb.
thanks in advance *
gi
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro 17"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP21.00A5.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.14f5
Intel ICH7-M AHCI:
Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH7-M AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00:
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00
Revision: SB4AC7CP
Serial Number: SB2401SJGJWMAB
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.73 GB
Available: 40.56 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If I looked it up right, this Samsung drive is a 3.5" desktop drive rather than a 2.5" notebook drive. So it would not fit physically.
Western Digital makes a 750 GB and a 1 TB notebook drive which should fit your Mac. These drives are 12.5 mm high rather than the more usual 9.5 mm, but they are supposed to fit into a 17" MBP. They do not fit into a 15" MBP.
You might check at both Newegg and OWC for these--they sometimes have specials that will be a better price than direct from WD. You can check WD's web site for detailed specifications.
Good luck!

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