Move Internal Drive to USB Enclosure? Interface?

I upgraded my unibody to a 500 GB drive and want to put the previous 320 GB into a USB enclosure. I purchased a laptop 2.5" HDD enclosure with Serial ATA connectors on the inside and a USB 2 connector on the outside. But the hard drive I pulled out of the Macbook Pro has weird chip connectors. What type of connector is this and why is it listed as an SATA drive when it doesn't have SATA connectors? The System Profile listed it as a standard SATA drive. I'm a bit confused as to what kind of enclosure I need to get now.

Derek, where did you buy your enclosure, and, considering the mixup, would you recommend them? I'm considering a SSD, and should I buy one, I'd like to place my current drive in an external enclosure for backup purposes, etc.
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