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BLKDMNDS

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Oct 6, 2011
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Last night my Hard Disk died for the second time since I bought my Macbook...confirmed by the nice people at the apple store today... I'm really upset about the whole thing :( .

I've now lost faith in the conventional Hard Disks and I'm looking to switch to a SSD, which I have been told is much more reliable and performs alot better. However, I need some help.

The guy at the apple store said that I'd have to buy the SSD with a copy of Snow Leopard 10.6 (to enable TRIM(?) :confused:) and he'd install it all for me, as I'm pretty useless with this type of thing.

But I'm not sure what SSD is compatible with my MacBook (details below), as there are many on the INTEL website.
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I have a 13" MacBook (White Mid-2007) with the following spec:

Processor: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2GB
Hard Disk: 160GB 5400RPM SATA 2.5"
OS: Leopard 10.5
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I know I want an INTEL 120GB SSD (Not other brands for the purposes of reliability and as this was the brand highly recommended to me).

Also, this whole "SATA, SATA II, SATA-300" and "TRIM" business confuses me :confused:

Questions...
Can anyone suggest any INTEL 120GB SSDs (with links) that are compatible with my MacBook?
Does the SSD have to be "SATA" or "SATA II", or does this not matter?

This is really urgent and I'd really appreciate any help.

Thanks :) x
 
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