Would a WD 320Gb drive work in a 1st generation MBP?

Hi
Does anyone know if a "Western Digital Scorpio Black 320 GB - WD3200BEKT" will work in a first generation MacBook Pro?
I assume it will but I thought I would check first.
TIA,
Mark

Yeah, there's no reason why it wouldn't.

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