SSD Drive schedules for 2007 Mac Mini @ GHz Core 2 Duo

I have put a 240 Gig Crucial SSD in this computer and there was a very prominent bump in usability ie no pageouts .
I have a 480 Gig SanDisk Extreme II and was wondering how sensible it would be to put it into the Mac Mini . SanDisk has a limited viability schedule posted . I thought SanDisk would have a bit better prepared catalog to view these particulars , and I thought wrong .
Any expertise here would be appreciated to limit my fooling around with the Mac Mini , I had to go back and forth a bit to get stuff I overlooked .
Thanks in advance ! FRP

   In observing the present compatability of the Mid 2007 Mac Mini Intel carrying a Serial ATA (1.5 Gb/s limit , divining just what inhibitions the speedier quality of those routine functions may be prohibited from employing a 6Gb/s SSD over a standard Disk Drive is less straightforward than an ordinary binary matter might , or might not be .
   Having made the observations subsequent to my request for suggestions supporting what an experienced hand might venture I am very satisfied regarding the related efforts here .
   There may be some grist for the thought mill here though . There may be enough to offer some amusement in distinguishing between a computers harddrive , and external accessories USB 2 , Firewire , etc .
   The $14 USB 2 caddy I thought was going to carry the old disk drive to be the backup for the new 240 GB Crucial SSD . I did not pay attention to details concerning performance as I trusted the Crucial site's advice , and only worried about prying open the old Mini . The SSD drive worked so well that I went to Microcenter to purchase another drive for the caddy . That is where I discovered that the Crucial worked as a SSD hard drive , but was useless as an external device on the "old" Mac Mini . Returning the original Disk drive to the Mini made it apparent when the MacBook Pro was able to read the caddied Crucial SSD , and the old Mini wasn't .
   I now have the Crucial in the caddy , the SanDisk in the Mini . A pretty good extentsion of the Mac Mini's usefulness , the pageouts are unmissed . The Crucial will reside within the Mac Book Pro giving both computer and spousal college curriculum Window dependent papers a boost as well .
    I don't know why the SSD is working well in the Mini but fails as a external drive , but that is fine . I would have liked to have put all the Mini's CPU's on SSD .

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