What internal hard drive can i use to upgrade the one i have in my 13" MacBook Pro mid 2010 model?

I have a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2010 model machine. Love it to bits but i want more applications, more documents, more music and more iPad apps backed up, problem is I am running out of space. I want to update the hard drive inside my computer, so is this possible and what hard drive is recommended? Any help is greatly appreciated

Any 2.5" HDD will do the trick. Your computer will run up to SATA II (3Gbps).
But I would suggest perhaps getting a Data Doubler + swapping your DVD Drive for another HDD, so you have 2 internal HDD's?

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