How do I add more memory to my macbook

I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2009 (unibody) it looks like it only had around 130 gb..how do I add more and how much does it cost.

I'm surprised, almost shocked that Clint didn't start gushing about all the wonders of a modern SSD; he's quite crazy about them.
Well, yeah... but right now I'm gushing over my new LaCie 4TB 2big Thunderbolt RAID with two 7200 rpm drives. I 'un'-RAIDed it and formatted as JOBD, so I've two new 2TB drives. Right now I'm copying one of my Time Machine backups from an 'old' 2TB FW800 - it's going surprisingly fast. Instead of using Pondoni's Finder copy method, I chose block copy in  Carbon Copy Cloner. Waiting to see how that turns out - it should be finished in another 2 hours...
But now if the OP asked about SSDs, you know that I'd be ready to gush!
Clinton

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