Originally posted by: Zap
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
I just bought the one with the SSD
Do tell us your impressions!
My impressions: I love it.
I ended up formatting the drive and installing Windows 7 pretty much as soon as I got it, and in some ways the laptop seems faster than my desktop due to the SSD (despite the substantially slower CPU). Boot time into a usable desktop is about 19 seconds from power off, 14 seconds from when Windows actually starts loading (after BIOS stuff). I don't have a ton of stuff installed right now, but programs load pretty much instantly.
Other impressions....this thing is really small (thin, portable). I got the 13.3" (as I believe that's the only size available with the SSD in the US right now), and I don't think I'll miss the optical drive at all - I picked up an external for software installs, but that really only needs to be done once. I haven't been able to really stress the battery yet, but the claimed 8 hours does appear to be realistic so far, depending on usage.
Overall, I'm very happy with the laptop (this being my first, actually), and for $800 I think it's a great deal with the X25-M included. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have as well.
Edit: If there's one conclusion I've come to in the past few days, it's that I have absolutely no excuse for not having an X25-M in my desktop too. (Well, other than the G2's still being out of stock...)