Yeah, you're right, there's a difference; HDDs tend to break after $n power-on hours, while SSDs tend to break after $m write cycles.
I bought a SSD disk a few months ago, and I didn't have any problems with it. SMART reports no bad blocks after 860 power on hours. Plus, it's noticeably faster than a normal HDD. Also relevant for a notebook: it won't break for sure if you drop it.
I sure expect it to break after ~3 years, but I can just replace it then. It's not *that* expensive.
I bought a SSD disk a few months ago, and I didn't have any problems with it. SMART reports no bad blocks after 860 power on hours. Plus, it's noticeably faster than a normal HDD. Also relevant for a notebook: it won't break for sure if you drop it.
I sure expect it to break after ~3 years, but I can just replace it then. It's not *that* expensive.