Recommend a new internal HD for my Macbook Pro

I have a MacBook Pro 15 (Late 2008)
150GB
4GB RAM
2.66GHz
I have about 47GB left so want to get a new internal drive, 500GB or 1TB, depends on the price. Could someone please recommend something? I'm not that good with this kinda stuff so help would be appreciated. What brand to go for/to not go for, etc.
I was told to check out crucial.com, and i entered my specs in but all they gave me was a 250GB SSD, thats not enough. Plus it was £100+. I'm sure i can get a 500GB SSD for around £60, and a 1TB SSD for not that much more..
Thanks
Here's the link to the crucial SSD: http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=70D0AE92A5CA7304

SSD = Solid State Drive - No moving parts, just chips. Super fast, expensive and really expensive in larger sizes.
HD or Hard Drive = Mechanical spinning disks coated with a magnetic surface which tiny read/write heads on mechanical arms which move rapidly back and forth read and write to. The standard usual kind of mass storage. Much slower than SSD drives, but cheaper. Laptops take 2.5" versions and they come generally in 5400rpm and 7200rpm speeds with the 7200 drives being better performing, but still way slower than SSD.
SSHD - Seagates name for a mechanical drive with a small amount of SSD built in as cache. In between SSD and HD in speed, but overall closer to HD. Slightly more expensive than HD (+£10 to +£15 difference).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Laptop-Solid-State-Hybrid/dp/B00BHRWHNI/ref=sr_1 _1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386696007&sr=8-1&keywords=seagate+sshd

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btw, I have done this myself on a number of 2008/2009 MacBook Pros and it's not hard at all. iFixit has tutorials on how to do this. (Here is a link to the one that I believe is your model.

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