I also have a 13" MBP w/ Apple (Toshiba) 256 SSD. I got an iPad on the first day, an iPhone 4 on the first day, but by far the best toy I've gotten in recent years is the MBP. (It replaced a 15" 2007 MBP). It is amazingly fast, totally silent, and just generally great fun. I think the highest and best use for an SSD is in a laptop, and having AppleCare cover my SSD was, to me, worth the additional cost of getting it from Apple.
(For what it is worth, on-button to log-in screen is 16.2 seconds.)
(For what it is worth, on-button to log-in screen is 16.2 seconds.)