Can I swap out my old HD when I upgrade....

Ordered an 15" i7 MBP. I'd like to swap my old HD out (256MB SSD), rather than go through the bother of reinstalling everything or even doing a Time Machine backup. Is this possible? What will happen when I try to boot the new machine with my old HD in it?
BTW - My old machine was a 15" Core 2 Duo unibody.

What will happen when I try to boot the new machine with my old HD in it?
Nothing, most likely. The OS installation that ran your old machine probably won't boot the new one.
Back the old drive up to an external drive using Time Machine or cloning software. With the old machine in FireWire Target Disk Mode, erase the old drive and clone the new MBP's hard drive onto it. Swap the two drives and test-boot the new machine to make sure the clone is OK. Then use Migration Assistant to migrate your data from the backup of the old drive onto the drive in the new MBP.
If you want to use or sell the older machine, use the discs that came with it to reinstall a suitable OS for it on the drive you took out of the new machine.
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