HDD with Mac OS X from old to the new MBP - possible?

Hi,
recently I found that the power of my MBP (Mb134) is not enough - I'm running a virtual machine and often used to compile a big project.
So I put my eye on the new MBP line. It has faster RAM and allows 8Gb (yeah, even 15" can do this, its just "unsupported").
The only question left: Can I take my 320Gb HDD from my current laptop and install it to my new one with no problems?
Or can I then simply boot from my old HDD using an external USB case?
Cheers,
Alex

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