2006 MacBook hard drive specifications

i have a 2006 og plastic macbook that needs a new harddrive but i am wondering what kind of harddrive it needs (eg. width size gb amount)

thamk you if you can help



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Posted on Feb 2, 2025 10:52 PM

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Posted on Feb 5, 2025 9:45 AM

If you go for an SSD, then only go for the OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD since any other SATA III SSD may not be compatible. That 3G SSD is a SATA II based SSD which makes it the most compatible option available. If that is the actual first 2006 white Macbook model using the Intel Core Duo 32bit CPU, then I really would not spend any money on that laptop because is has some serious firmware issues....definitely only install macOS on it or you may end up with a brick (personal experience twice over).

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook/2006-current


Otherwise any 2TB or smaller 2.5" Hard Drive should work.

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Feb 5, 2025 9:45 AM in response to Kidopher

If you go for an SSD, then only go for the OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD since any other SATA III SSD may not be compatible. That 3G SSD is a SATA II based SSD which makes it the most compatible option available. If that is the actual first 2006 white Macbook model using the Intel Core Duo 32bit CPU, then I really would not spend any money on that laptop because is has some serious firmware issues....definitely only install macOS on it or you may end up with a brick (personal experience twice over).

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook/2006-current


Otherwise any 2TB or smaller 2.5" Hard Drive should work.

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