OCZ Vertex Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-1VTX120G

Pros: Works well in a unibody macbook. Boot times are amazing. VMware brings XP out of suspension in about 5 seconds. Safari launches instantaneously and Office 2008 takes about 1 second to launch. Simply put, this is the best upgrade you can do for a mac laptop.

Cons: Still rather expensive.

Overall Review: Xbench results:
Disk Test 228.54
Sequential 181.75
Uncached Write 247.94 152.23 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 153.69 86.96 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 111.37 32.59 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 401.67 201.87 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 307.77
Uncached Write 122.63 12.98 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 323.79 103.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1803.77 12.78 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 833.90 154.74 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Pros: The drive itself worked fine for about 2.5 months.

Cons: OCZ Tech Support is very poor. The representative who helped me attempt to troubleshoot the drive through online support was very good to work with. Once it was determined that the drive was totally dead, I sought a prompt replacement. I've been told that this drive is not available and so who knows when I'll get a replacement. This was the boot drive of a critical system. I understand that problems will happen with cutting edge technology, but I expect prompt replacement under warranty. I'm willing to pay for cross shipping, but instead OCZ is telling me the item isn't even available. I wish I would have bought Intel instead.

Overall Review: None