http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1670604

It's a rebranded Intel X18-M G1 80GB, which means no trim -- is this a big negative?

My X61t is my secondary computer (my primary is a desktop) so main draws are just snappiness and battery life and all other standard SSD benefits for laptops and not necessarily the most awesome super fastest drive ever in huge capacities (I'm currently using 50GB on my HDD so I will still have 30GB to spare if I switch to this, plus I can use my HDD as an external or backup drive using the kit they give you)

TRIM is a negative, but not a big enough one to worry about.

However, I'm not sure if I trust that it's a rebranded Intel SSD. If it's just some cheap crap chips in it with a generic firmware, it won't be worth it.

In the Newegg desc. it says


Packaging Content:
1. 1.8" 80GB Intel X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive
2. Adapter and Case for 2.5" SATA internal drive
3. 2.5" Dane-Elec Enclosure and USB cable for data migration and to re-use your old internal drive as an external back-up drive
4. 64 MB USB with migration software for both PC and Mac
5. Quick Start Guide

All in all, do you think it's worth the $190 for me to get it? Or do you think adding an SSD to a secondary computer w/ old hardware will be a waste? (Santa Rosa Thinkpads such as mine cap SATA II to 1.5Gbps so some people were complaining that faster SSDs would be bottlenecked, although I'm not sure of the truth of this complaint w/ regards to actual use)

Don't worry about the bandwidth cap. You should see really nice speed improvements for loading and such.

I read a thread once that said to give it a year for it to mature, because SATA still outperforms it in some ways, and because you have to keep a certain amount of it free to get any speed increase.
Is that still true?

What do you mean "SATA still outperforms it" ..? SSDs run on SATA/SATA II

Just posting what I read.

should probably stop reading from that website then

This doesn't make any sense at all.

Possibilities:

1. Your source didn't know what they were talking about.
2. You misinterpreted your source.
3. You don't know what you're talking about.
4. All of the above.

Argh I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I'm still hesitant about whether it'd be worth $190 rargh.