SATA 300 disk on SATA 150 controller

Greetings:
A friend of mine has a MacBook Pro with these specs:
  Model :          MacBook Pro
  Model ID:          MacBookPro1,1
  CPU :          Intel Core Duo
  CPU Speed :          2 GHz
  Number of CPUs :          1
  Number of cores :          2
  Level 2  cache:          2 Mo
  Memory :          2 Go
  Bus speed:          667 MHz
  ROM:          MBP11.0055.B08
  SMC:          1.2f10
  Serial number :          3M6371LAVWW
  UUID :          00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CB9F513F
Now the question for you: he wants to change his hard drive, we found SATA 300 at 7200 rpm but I am not sure if this will be compatible as this MacBook Pro (it is the previous version than unibody models) has a disk with SATA 150 at 5400 rpm.
Do you think I can install a SATA 300 at 7200 rpm on this machine?
Thanks a lot
Claudio

Hi there..
Yes the drive will work fine, but will step back to the slower speed on the SATA of 150. The spindle speed should still spin up at 7,200 but the data transfer rate will be at the reduced speed.

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