Is it possible to install a SSD in a MacBook?

Is it possible to install a SSD in a MacBook? Saw some posts on google re: a Pro, but I use a MacBook for live performance and could really use the reliability of a SSD. Where to purchase, and how easy is an install?

ElectronicMale wrote:
Is it possible to install a SSD in a MacBook? Saw some posts on google re: a Pro, but I use a MacBook for live performance and could really use the reliability of a SSD. Where to purchase, and how easy is an install?
They're available now, although it's going to be a hefty price premium compared to mechanical hard drives. Right now SanDisk is only selling to OEMs (probably without a manufacturer's warranty). I'm not sure about Samsung, although I have heard of them being available for single-piece sale and warrantied by the seller. Crucial.com is supposed to be releasing them. The only ones I'm sure is being sold and warrantied by the manufacturer are from a company called Super Talent.
http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd-commercial.php?type=SATA
It should be as easy to install as any other 2.5" SATA drive in a MacBook. I've replaced my drive myself, and it's about as easy a job as I think they could have made it. You would need a #00 Phillips screwdriver (3 captive screws on the RAM shield), a T-8 Torx screwdriver (four Torx screws holding the mounting bracket to the drive), and a coin (to remove the battery). Everything I understand about these SSDs is that it's pretty much transparent to the drive controller. It communicates with the drive like any other SATA drive and can do pretty much anything that could be done with a mechanical hard drive.

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Link to picture
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