I'm waiving the white flag. I've spent over 24 hours trying to do this and it just ends in failure every time. Frys had the Corsair Force GT 60GB for $102.99 with a $20 MIR, so I bit. Figured things ...

I'm planning to install a new SSD in my mid 2010 MBP and Lion's coming next month so what's the better migration path? Upgrade to Lion & then install the new SSD, or vice versa? Are there any gotchas?