Buying a new MacBook Pro. Hard Drive Question.

I currently own a 13inch MacBook (late 2008) running Lion. I'm purchasing the new 13inch MacBook Pro. I currently have a 1TB internal drive in my computer and I want to use that in my new computer.
Do I have to erase everything on my current hard drive before putting it in the new computer or can I just switch the two? Any information or experiences on the matter would be great. Thanks.

As Sig says.
What you can do is to install your 1TB to an external enclosure and clone it with your new MBP.
To make sure it works after you've done the clone, boot on your externa drive after you've done the clone.
Once it boots, then you can go ahead and install it to your new MBP.
Make sure you do a backup of your files on your old drive if you want or need them.

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