Will a HDD Ultra ATA 100 work in a MacBook?

I'm planning to replace the HDD with a 120 GB. The one I like is the Western Digital WD1200VE 5400 8MB Ultra ATA. Now I'm not sure will it work? Is Ultra ATA compatible to S-ATA?

No… you need an SATA version of the drive.

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