Most of the SandForce "hate" comes from the days when there were a lot of issues, specifically the OCZ brand of SSDs, and still lingers on to this day. As BiNiaRiS has already brought out, a lot of the issues have been resolved.
I've had a 120GB Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe from last year and that thing continues to run like a beast. It had been shipped with the recent FW update. So far, so good. Used it on a '08 MBP, then re-formatted for use on my home-built PC. Haven't encountered any issues on the drive from either operating system.