Hard Drive and memory upgrade on macbook pro (13" mid 2009)

I want to upgrade my current hard drive and memory (currently 250gb and 4 gb) but i'm having trouble to find out which one is going to fit.
I considered buying this ones
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digital+-+Scorpio+Blue+1TB+Internal+Serial+A TA+Hard+Drive+for+Laptops/9960668.p?skuId=9960668&productCategoryId=pcmcat189600 050008&id=1218253425468
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Kingston+Technology+-+4GB+PC3-8500+DDR3+SoDIMM+Lapto p+Memory/2129381.p?skuId=2129381&productCategoryId=abcat0506002&id=1218404812331
Any ideas?

OWC is a reputable supplier of hard drives and RAM upgrades to the Mac community.
Go to their site, lookup your model MacBook Pro and see what upgrades are available.
The 1tb WD Scorpio Blue is a 5400rpm drive and slower than the crop of 7200rpm drives.
Do you need space over speed?

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