Pros: Faster than my velociraptor. My computer starts faster, programs open faster.

Cons: Not sure if its worth the price. I bought it to use with my MBP early 2008 but I found out the hard way (after buying) that its ich8-m is limited to 1.5 Gigabit. I decided to put the ssd in my Mac Pro then. Here is one of the best xbench results from the ssd in the MBP: Disk Test 159.12 Sequential 116.05 Uncached Write 206.47 126.77 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 124.38 70.37 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 58.12 17.01 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 228.34 114.76 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 253.01 Uncached Write 120.95 12.80 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 220.04 70.44 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 1334.13 9.45 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 444.96 82.57 MB/sec [256K blocks] Well, it is not instant computing yet, which is an old dream of mine, but a step closer. Maybe within the next generation of sata.

Overall Review: here are some xbench results for the ssd in the Mac : Disk Test 261.69 Sequential 242.72 Uncached Write 305.41 187.52 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 299.31 169.35 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 134.37 39.32 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 412.81 207.48 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 283.87 Uncached Write 123.88 13.11 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 250.67 80.25 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 2642.51 18.73 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 605.75 112.40 MB/sec [256K blocks] here are results from the velociraptor: Disk Test 100.89 Sequential 151.46 Uncached Write 166.78 102.40 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 164.45 93.05 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 130.22 38.11 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 150.31 75.54 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 75.64 Uncached Write 27.34 2.89 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 238.52 76.36 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 135.95 0.96 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 210.45 39.05