I haven’t, but I’ve often thought that my next computer (the next one bought new, that is) will be a laptop. The screen will be as large as is available, because my eyes have been with me this long, and I owe them that much. And the laptop will have internal support for a wireless mouse as well, btw. Those scratch pad things are an abomination. Regular backups are more important because the machine is moved around so much, and as someone noted, SSDs are no different in their need to be backed up. SLC SSDs are better than MLC SSDs. Either one uses far less power than a conventional hard drive, which (all other things being equal) means longer battery life.
Having said all that, I was actually looking at a tiny little Dell netbook at Sam’s, the price had dropped nearly $60 overnight, now in the lower $200s. It has a VGA out which means I could have the wireless where I’m at, and if there’s a screen available to plug into, I’m golden. The keyboard is 92 percent of full size, and I think I could live with that. Still need a mouse though. :’)
From what you wrote, I suspect you’ll put off this purchase cuz you won’t be crazy about what’s available and you know there’s better coming real soon. ;-)