HDD Upgrade for early 2008 macbook

[jskee]

Hi guys

I have a 2008 black macbook which i absolutely love. But before i head off to college, i want to upgrade the laptop to give it some new life. It seems to be a lot slower than when i first got it, booting up and shutting down takes a lot longer than before, even though my HDD has more than 200gb of free space.

Anyway, i went down to the apple retail shop and i asked the guy whether i could put in a SSD and he said its not supported, but i hear of people putting a SSD inside. Anyone can clarify this for me? And if it is possible, it would be great if you recommend a few for me. I don't need one with a huge capacity, a 128gb should be just nice.

Thanks!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Any 2.5" S-ATA 1.5Gbps SSD will work.
But you can also get a 3.0Gbps SSD, though you will only get 1.5Gbps speeds, which is still fast enough.
I have a OCZ Vertex 2 SSD in my 2009 MBP and it works quite well.

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD​

How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto​

 

[jskee]

wow, really useful links.
one more question, I read up about this thing called TRIM support and i was wondering whether I would have any trouble with that? Seems like only the MBP supports it?

 

[Gooders9]

Hi there. Sure you could go for an SSD, but you need to deal with the associated cost. I actually just upgraded my 2007 Macbook white with one of these hybrid drives:

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-gb/products/laptops/laptop-hdd/

Much cheaper than an SSD. It has actually made quite a big difference to start up and shut down times, and the more regularly used programs load quicker too ! Just as thought which might save you a bit of cash!

Gooders9