Sandisk 120GB Ultra SATA 3Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive for macbook pro

hi all!
has anyone installed this SANDISK 120 GB ULTRA SATA 3GB/S 2.5 INCH SSD in a macbook pro?
is it a good SSD? any wise advise will be really helpful.
many thanks to all

UPDATE
After several months of procrastination due to frustrated troubleshooting, I'm finally up and running.
Long Story Short,
Finally figured out how to update the firmware but still experienced the crash/eject/drive mounting error.
After two instant messanger communications with SanDisk support, they agreed to take back my SSD Ultra 240, and for my trouble they replaced it with the SanDisk Extreme 240.
(I honestly don't know what the difference is between the two)
Still I needed to update the firmware on my new drive, which again was a big hassle, but after burning a new disc per their instructions (refer to my previous link) and attempting to update on my MacPro (2008 8-Core), and then successfully on my MacBook Pro (2008?), I was able to update the firmware.
Conclusion, avoid SanDisk for a Mac machine.  OCZ and Crucial SSD's all worked out of the box.
Now that I have all three 240 SSD's working, I'll keep you posted if any cause further difficulties.

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