Super easy to upgrade from my non-SSD standard Apple MAC issue hard drive. I don't love opening my system and making these types of changes, but I found several videos out there that walk you through step-by-step. Upgrading to this SSD, by far, is the biggest boost in performance that I know. I've been running Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6) on my system with the SSD drive since August 2011 WITHOUT Trim and have not seen any issues or degradation.
I do plan to upgrade to Lion (OSX 10.7) and will report back.
I also run VMware Fusion 4.0 and have a Windows 7 VM and Lion VM running (typically not at the same time). I use Windows 7 quite a bit for my business and see a significant improvement in performance on that side of the equation as well.
If you have a recent Macbook, this is a no-brainer. One bounce and up pop your applications. If you feel somewhat comfortable in opening up your system, removing the existing hardrive and putting in a new one, go for it (used SuperDuper to clone my drive to USB drive before installing SSD). Check out the videos out there first and make sure you have the proper sized screw drivers to do the job correctly. Cheaper than purchasing an SSD with your MBP.
Funny all the issues that people are having in these reviews are with running Windows native with the SSD.
Updated: 2/2/2012:
I've had this SSD drive running in my Early 2011 MBP now running Mountain Lion for about 1.5 years without TRIM and I've had almost no issues with the drive and would rate it a five again. At certain intervals I will need to boot my drive in recovery mode, go to disk utility and run repair to recover the space that a TRIM utility would provide. I debated whether to upgrade to a 256GB OCZ drive, but I still have room enough and also have a spare 500GB drive in the MBP in place of the optical / DVD drive. The Agility 3 is still running fast and error free so far and would make the purchase again if I had to do it all over again.
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