Your notebook specifications, according to the Mainetnence & Service guide:
Supports all 9.5-mm,6.35-cm(2.50-in) SATA hard drives
SSD drives will work in your notebook and you will find that the performance increase is incredible. SSD capacity is a matter of how much you are willing to spend.
My own preferences are OCZ Technology, Intel, Corsair and Crucial SSD drives.
The current generation of SSD drives is SATA3, but your notebook will never see that kind of bandwidth because of its own SATA controller limitations.
I highly recommend that you take a read of this Tom's Hardware article before making the decision on which one to buy.
Consider an SSD upgrade kit instead of just an SSD by itself.
Otherwise, upgrading to an SSD can be for some people, a bit daunting because of the technical nature of the utility (specifically Diskpart) required to prepare the SSD for use. The upgrade kits are delivered with a usb cable that enables connection of the new SSD to one of your notebook's usb ports. With the USB connnected SSD and the included cloning software an upgrade is a pretty straightforward process. Clone the current drive and the remove the old one and replace it with the new high bandwidth SSD. That is all it takes.
Best regards,
erico