End users can replace a MacBook hard drive

The Fujitsu 160gb won't fit into a white MacBook. It's too thick!!

I got one of each, and was surprised at how much thicker the Fujitsu was than the Toshiba in there, now.

Unexpected. Have to call the vendor.

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I got a white macbook yesterday and it has a 60 GB hard drive. The Computer is telling me I only have 35 GB remaining. I need some advice here!!! thanks any help would be appreciated

Thanks for posting the Apple article. It is indeed ridiculously easy, with the right tiny screwdriver.

Note that Seagate does not yet have an S-ATA Momentus 160GB drive available. ATA-100/IDE drives will not work in a MacBook.

The biggest drive right now is a Fujitsu 120GB drive, model MHV2120BH. Seagate should have a 160GB available soon.

John - This may help: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY.pdf

The Seagate 100GB Momentus 7200.1 (Part# ST910021AS) SATA/150 2.5" 8MB 7200RPM. This hard drive will fit in the MacBook and will have about the same power consumption as the OEM drive which is a Seagate 80GB Momentus 5400.2. I have put one in mine (a black one), but I don't know how to get the computer to recognize it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

just got a black macbook yesterday ... kept the hard drive stock at 80gb in the hopes of replacing it with a new one. What's weird is that the computer only shows 57GB available!!!??? Is OSX and iLIFE sucking that much space from the GetGo! Perhaps there are audio files in garage band or some other application that I can erase if I don't use them .. can anyone advise. Thanks!

Anyone have luck yet replacing their HD? Any issues? I'd like to replace macbook drive with a bigger 7200 RPM 2.5" drive, but I'm concerned about heat / noise issues. I'm also assuming that the recovery disk will handle setting up the new drive. Any thoughts / comments / benchmarks would be most appreciated!

Anyone has information on the type of HD that can be used to replace the MacBook's drive. I see Serial ATA100 but I can't find drives like that. I find Serial ATA-6 and Serial ATA150. Please reply to ray@coquicomputer.com

was able to remove the HD from a black MB this evening in about two minutes with a small philips. it basically slots in like an airport card. ridiculously simple.

seagate 160gb momentus drives are around $170..

This guy took a picture of his new white macbook.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=147729680&size=l

Yeah, we can see the RAM instructions under the battery