HELP: NEED ADVICE ON HOW TO UPGRADE MBP!

Specs: 13" MBP (Early 2011) 2.3 GHz Core i5, 4GB of RAM, 320GB HDD -- upgrading to new computer is not an option since every component inside is now sautered into the motherboard.
I have a predicament that I REALLY need your advice on. BACK STORY: 1. Planning on upgrading MacBook Pro to SSD - reason: increase speed and performance (currently using traditional HDD) 2. Double RAM to 8GB. 3. For Computer Science courses in college, will possibly need to install Windows 7 OS for Programming.
Choice #1: Clone Mac OS and create a Partition to Install Windows OS on SSD. (basically run 2 OSs on 1 SSD.)
Drawback to choice #1: Not a good idea to write large files to SSD (2 OSs + programs + other docs.) Will potentially kill SSD.
Choice #2: Clone Mac OS to SSD, Wipe the current HDD and Install Windows OS on that. After installation, remove Optical Drive and install HDD (with a caddy) with Windows OS in its place. (basically take out Optical Drive and have 2 Hard Drives inside computer.)
Drawback to Choice #2: When powering on computer, will have 2 HDs running. A. 2 HDs running regardless if I need them or not. B. Will significantly drain more power from computer and potentially kill it.
Choice #3: Install Parallels and run Windows off of that.
Drawback to Choice #3: If Parallels crashes or freezes, Windows will need to start and that is bad for computer.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

Apparently you are committed to certain hardware. There is no question that the SSD should be installed in the current HDD bay. Should you choose to have a second HDD, it should be installed in place of the DVD drive. Note that some early 2011 MBPs had SATAII connections to the DVD drive and some had SATAIII connections (presumably later production models).
I do not run Windows on my MBPs but I do know that parallels is a resource hog. On that basis, I suspect that it should be installed on the SSD where you can take advantage of the faster processing. The SSD will be electrically more efficient than than a HDD. If you have concerns about battery run time, then do not install the HDD in place of the DVD drive. I do not know if there are third party applications that allow user intervention for controlling a HDD in the DVD bay. You might search for same. If there is, then the argument of installing it there becomes a stronger one.
You will have to assess your own work flows to determine what impact it has on the configuration options. Since I do not know them, I cannot comment on that.
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