15" MacBook Pro i7 2.2 - Humming HDD Noise

The drive is a TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF, but it hums relentlessly the minute I power on. In most rooms it's not noticable that much (can still hear it over the fridge), but in a quiet room it's quite annoying. It's not beyond what I've heard on other brand laptops, so normal there, but for Apple...
- The hard drives of 2007 and 2009 MacBooks/Pros never made any noise under normal use.
- I've seen other people reporting it, especially with the Toshiba.
Is it normal?
Is it worth going to the Apple Store?
- My machine is a few days old, I would prefer a complete replacement (as I don't want them poking around inside and messing things up as they have for me in the past, just my experience). So, on that note, is it likely to get a replacement for this issue alone?
- If they'd be replacing it, I might as well upgrade to a High-Res screen (I'd pay extra), and perhaps the 7200 RPM HDD (same price, but 500 GB only). Do you think that's possible to do?
(Right now it's a 15" MacBook Pro i7 2.2 GHz with a 750 GB & 5400 RPM HDD.)

Apple replaced it.
It was weird.

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Hey everyone, I have noticed that my macbook pro has been running slowly. Sometimes firefox freezes and never unfreezes and whenever I play videos my computer runs slower than usual. I have started turning off my laptop whenever it is not in use but it is not helping very much. Can anyone give me any advice. I have also provided my etrecheck report.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 5:34:13
Disk Information: ℹ️
ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Super HDD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (969.64 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
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Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
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Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
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uTorrent UNKNOWN (missing value)
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AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
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SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 Support
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CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
ZoomUsPlugIn: Version: 2.0.28860.0927 - SDK 10.8 Support
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Searchme
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
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1.21 GB firefox
193 MB Safari
176 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
86 MB WindowServer
69 MB Dropbox
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60 MB Free RAM
1.71 GB Active RAM
1.66 GB Inactive RAM
590 MB Wired RAM
789 MB Page-ins
35 MB Page-outs

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