Can I swap out my mechanical HDD for a Solid State?

Can I swap out my mechanical HDD (7200 RPM, 320Gb) for a solid state drive? If so, am I able to purchase such a drive, like the ones that come standard in Macbook Pros on the Apple site? Can I purchase an item like this from Apple?
If not, could someone point me in the right direction?
Also, on the same note, is it possible purchase replacement Mechanical HDD (like the one I already have) from Apple; if so, a link please?
Cheers!

You'll find everything you need here, swapping them is easy just get the right tools and take it slowly.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/

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