Putting a SSD drive in a MacBook?

Not sure if this is the right category, oh well.
Anyways, seeing the Air today got me thinking - could I put a SSD drive in my MacBook? I googled a bit and saw one guy who did so with a 64gig Samsung drive in his MacBook Pro. Of course, I can't afford the $1300 for one. I'd be down with a 32, 16, or maybe even 8gb drive (would have to run Linux in that case).
Has anyone else done this? Is the reason I'm finding not much because of the lack of SSD drives and the high price?
Thanks!

So you're talking about getting rid of OS X completely... and just using a small 8GB SS HDD? This seems to be something of a waste for something like a MacBook.
If you do decide to go that route, be sure to get an SATA version. It seems the old IDE ones are more common (for some reason) and they tend to charge more for the SATA versions that I've seen.
Have you considered something like an Asus EEE PC? You can get one with as little as 2GB installed for about $300 with Linux pre-installed. You can get more memory for a higher price:
http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?InSearch=t&N=0&Ntt=asus+eee&Ntk=AllRecordSearch&lastSearch=&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=GO
They're great little machines to play with and you won't be crippling your MacBook.

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