Look what I stumbled upon on the OrigamiProject forums! Two videos of booting the u1010, one with SSD and one with the HDD. The difference is quite noticeable. Which one wins? See yourself, although I think its pretty obvious ;-). First one is HDD, Second one is SSD.
On a side note, sorry for not having posted anything over the last 2 months. Nothing happened to me, I just get a little lazy over the summer :-) .