if you compare history curriculum of different countries, you'll notice that it is already happening, everywhere. Check WWII history, for example, in Japan and China, WWI in Turkey and Armenia, etc...
I've got an SSD that I use as a boot drive (40 gig). I bought it on one of Newegg's previous shell shockers for under 100 dollars.
My recommendation: if you're going to use SSDs, jump in with both feet first. Budget SSDs are ok, mine nets a 7.0 on the Windows Experience Index. It's actually the only technical bottleneck in my system that has an i7, 8 gigs of RAM, GTX 480, etc..
If I were to build my PC all over again I would have invested in a real SSD instead of dilly dallying with a budget SSD boot drive.