What SSD Drive For Late 2008 Unibody Macbook Pro

[JonnyAlpha]

Hi;

I upgraded the RAM to 8GB and installed OSX 10 on my Late 2008 Unibody Macbook Pro and was now considering an SSD Drive.

Questions:

1. What make of Drive should I get?
2. What Size Drive should I get, I will be installing Mavericks but probably want Boot Camp with Windows 7 and or Some Form of Unix Operating System (TBC). I backup to a 2TB NAS Drive so storage is not a problem?
3. I presume a 2.5 SSD Drive is a straight swap?

Thanks

 

[ELMI0001]

This is where I started my research: TheWireCutter

I went with a 512GB after going from a stock 160 to a hybrid 500.

Yeah, straight swap. Very simple to do. Backup with Time Machine, swap drives, format drive, restore from Time Machine.

 

[tcphoto]

I installed a Samsung EVO 250GB in my Late 2008 MBP a year ago and am very happy with it.

 

[Brian Y]

Don't spend too much time going over speed specs, etc. The 2008 only has 3Gbps SATA so any current drive will more than saturate it.

 

[gochi]

get a sata ii speed SSD it would be worth your time.

 

[ELMI0001]

Here are some on sale at Newegg: http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Sep-0-2014/SSDs-23/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL092314&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL092314-_-EMC-092314-Index-_-Header-_-ClickHere&et_cid=11425&et_rid=9160278