Changing to Solid State HD

Guys, need your help here.  I have a 21.5 Mid 2011 iMac. I'm 99% sure it has 5400rpm hard drive. I wanna change it to a solid state.  Is it possible with my system? I have Lion 10.7.xx.
if it's possible please point me to a link of where i can buy the SS

As far as I know, all iMacs up until the new late 2012 21" iMacs have 7200 RPM drives:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP634
That is the late 2011; the mid 2011 does as well.
As for SSDs, OWC (macsales.com) is an excellent choice:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/
Please be aware that doing that yourself may invalidate your Applecare (if you have it); you'd have to have it done by an AASP.
Here is the video of how to install on a mid 2012 21" iMac:
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2011_hd/

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