Which 2,5" SSD for my Macbook?

I'm planning to replace my Macbook Pro superdrive with additional SSD storage. A friend recommended me a Vertex 3, but it's not the cheapest and I've read some stories from customers whose SSD's died after a couple of weeks, and the replacements did as well.

Which SSD would you recommend? 120GB is a bit too little I think. Something between 160-240 would match my needs.

 

OCZ Vertex 2 http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-vertex-series-sata-ii-2-5-ssd.html

120gb should be fine. i have a 60gb ocz drive in my desktop had it about 3-5 months great 10 second boot on windows. im currently thinking about buying a 120gb version for my laptop.

if your laptop can handle a vertex 3 go for it but a vertex 2 is fine

 

See if you can still get your hands on the 25nm builds as the newer models on 35nm are known for issues and less performance.

 

I have a OCZ Agility2 (120GB) in my Macbook, works great.

 

How can I see the difference between 25 and 35nm?

I have been looking around a bit but the opinions seem to be really different about Vertex & Agility SSD's. There are lots of people who claim that their SSD's were dead out of the box which scares me a bit. After a lot of search I found this model which doesn't seem so bad:

http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technolog...7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1309361148&sr=1-7

I think 120gb will be enough if I store everything but applications & OSX on the regular 500GB 5400rpm HDD.

 

Before purchasing an SSD, I suggest you read Jeff Attwood's experiences of SSDs. tl;dr version: SSDs fail. A lot.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html

 

Well, I'm aware of all those horror stories about SSD :/ Then again, there are many people who never had problems and use them for 2 or more years (when the technology got popular & affordable).

I will do regular time machine backups and no real "data" (like media, document) will be stored on it, it's only to enhance the system's performance.

 

TOUCH WOOD, i had nothing wrong with my ssd but atleast i only have my os on mine. thinking of getting one for my laptop but reading that gets me worried that id loose all my stuff on my laptop

 

what about one of the 2.5" hybrid drives that are based on SSD? Momentus XT i think its called

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ssd-charts-2011/AS-SSD-Overall-Write-Score,2791.html

Start here, keep going down the list until you see something that fits your budget. Not all SSDs perform the same.