That laptop, according to a Google search, was released mid-2010, and I believe that the first Sata III equipped laptops came out in late 2010 - early 2011. I think Intel's Sandy Bridge chipset was the first to support it natively.
If you want to investigate for yourself, you can try use Speccy.
Sata II and III are compatible either way, similar (practically speaking) to the USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports