SSD worth it on the MBP?

[Don Vito Corleone]

I am pretty tempted by the 512 GB Crucial M4 at Newegg for $549, but at this point I'm still pretty happy with the Momentus XT in my 2009 13" MBP - I am inclined to wait until it conks out before moving to an SSD.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

It may very well be THE best investment you can make, with the most notable performance improvement. Go for it.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Yeah, maybe. Honestly there is no good reason I couldn't get by with a 256 GB drive, but I like the ability to not worry about drive space - my laptop is my primary computer so I like the idea of having 512 GB so I don't have to think about storage space. Honestly I have never had a laptop last much more than 2 years but my MBP is still in amazing condition after nearly 3, and I just put a new battery in it, so it might well make sense to throw in an SSD. If the rest of the computer dies after I am out of AppleCare I can always swap it into a new machine.