Solid State Drive (SSD) on Recent Mac Book Pro

I bought a non-retina 15 inch MacBook Pro in late August / early September, with a 1 TB hard drive. Originally my intent was for the largest hard drive so I could keep my itunes music libarary (Approximatley 60 GB) on there. I've only used about 115 GB (xcode and a few macstore apps, and a lot of ios apps).
Recently, I've been getting paranoid about hard drive crashes due to it being a traditional drive rather than a Solid State Drive (SSD), (Thank you very much Phil Schiller), because I expect my storage level to stay at its existing level for sometime, I was considering swapping it out my existing 1 TB for a SSD. I'm assuming this can be done on a MBP, right?
Is it even worth the effort, or am I needlessly worrying?
Like I said, I bought it in late August / early September at the earliest, so the warranty is still in effect. I'm assuming swapping the drives would void the warranty. What if I took it into an apple store, and had them do the swap? Would it still void the warranty, or would it remain in effect.
Any thoughts?
Anybody from Apple or AppleCare have any thoughts or insight?
-Jeff

Apologies. I probably should have checked the link I sent you. I narrowed it down to 3 choices (Direct links below)
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT512M4SSD2
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT512M4SSD2BAA
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT512M4SSD2CCA
I didn't see anything about a transfer kit (or external drive dock) from your original post, or anything 3.5 inch adapter bracket. So your last post helps clarify things.
I'm assuming because I don't have an external drive dock, I should just go with the transfer kit, RIght?
At this point, due to the level of complexity, I'm thinking it may be easier to just take it in to the apple store and have them do it.
Do you know if they do this?
I'm sure if they do, they charge a premium, but even if its only $100 + cost of the drive, it would be worth it, not to have to deal with it myself.
Thanks,
Jeff

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