Yes, SSD fitted.
I agree about the compound drying. It often looks in a poor state after parting the surfaces, though at this time I'm not sure about the temperature differences after re-application in a laptop since I've never done a really critical trial. As mentioned, the American that sold me the swish i5 Asus said he'd put a very expensive product on. In that slim shard of executive expensiveness, that was quite a job since even the memory and battery are soldered in.
I am however concerned about how much to put on having seen a site that fairly shouts 'don't put more than a droplet in the middle of a round (Intel type with fan) heat-sink'.
My surfaces were about 25mm diameter and it was suggested even a small pea sized blob would just flow out over the veins. However, this was for my i5 PC and not that critical.