I couldn't agree more.Let me put it this way: I have yet to find a drive, SSD or platter, by any manufacturer that someone has not stated absolutely sucked. Ya' takes yer chances...
The 3G drives from OWC have a very good reputation, despite the constant concerns voiced on these and other boards. 3 year warranty - a year more than many mechanical drives nowadays. (I know, some still have 5 but 2 or even 1 year is becoming standard).
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal ... olid_State
For Time Machine, no reason not to go large and slow. A 2,3 or 4T WD Green drive is fine. Time Machine sort of eliminates my concerns re data loss. Unfortunately, CCC and SuperDuper will allow you to clone to drives that TM reports as bad - 100% of the time, TM was right and I was able to clone the backups to known good drives.
6G SATA drives on a Mac Pro offer no benefit as the SATA bus is 3G. However, OWC and others offer PCIe solutions that get 6G speeds on a Mac Pro - at a greater expense. If you have a need for the fastest HD out there (until the MP upgrades to Thunderbolt and 6G SATA), here it is:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/PCIe ... lsior/RAID
Having paid $1,200 for a 1G drive and earlier a 20MB drive - both of which went south during warranty, I like the current offerings. Using a professional diagnostic tool suite such as TechTool Pro lets my identify problem drives that Disk Utility says are still good.