Can I drop my HDD from my C2D MBP straight into an i5 MBP?

I've got a MBP Core2Duo 2.26. I upgraded the drive in it myself to a 7200rpm 500gb Western Digital. It's running 10.6.6.
I'm getting a 2011 i5 MBP next week with a 320gb drive. Can I just drop the HDD from my old MBP into the new one?
Obviously my 'old' drive is bigger, is 7200rpm and has all of my data on it.
So is this possible without having to reinstall snow leopard etc? Will it just work?

Not without installing OS X. The OS on the new machine will be a different build. Your system will not fully work with the new machine unless the new machine comes with 10.6.5 or earlier installed.

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