I want to switch my SSD to another MacBook Pro

Hi,
I just received a Refurb i7 quad core UMBP.
I currently am using a 2009 UMBP with a SSD (yes, it's a non-apple SSD - but I use an app to turn on TRIM).
a) So, since all my apps and files are on this SSD already, I want to simply remove it from the 2009 and replace the 500GB drive that came in my "new" Refurb.
BTW - i've built computers before, so assembly line work is easy.
I have the latest updates for Mavericks installed on the SSD.
I have a backup on my (USB) Time Machine.
I have a 2nd harddrive in the old optical bay (replacing the DVD drive). No, it is not setup as a Fusion Drive.
b) And, yes - I am tempted to remove the optical drive and put in my other harddrive in it's place as I did with my 2009 UMBP. It has My Doc's & iTunes music (which won't fit on my 240GB SSD). Most likely I will do this within a couple days at most.
Is this going to cause problems because of the different hardware? i.e. hardware drivers, etc.?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Darren

Osborne, KayPro, and Amiga??
WOW! So cool man! That brings back memories from the 80's - when I wanted the 1st Gen Compaq. Wasn't it cool? I mean: take a desktop and put some shock absorbing suspension in it add a 5" green (later amber) monitor, a couple drives, and Bam! You're ready to conquer the world! Ha!
I was a kid in the early 80's and that computer just blew me away. I still want to own one...maybe someday I'll find one on eBay.
"Santa" brought me a Commodore Vic 32 and I learned very quickly that I didn't want to work 40 hours a week programming a computer (B.A.S.I.C.). But I've never lost my interest in all things technical. I have a good friend from those days who could (and can) read electronic schematics and tell me what parts are where on the IC board. I never learned that end of tech, but it was cool that he could do that. His father used to work for Xerox in the 70's (60's too?).
In high school another friend of mine had a KayPro (grey case like the Compaq but metal instead of white plastic...or was it an Osborne?) with a green monitor and we used to do science homework on it and print on a dot-matrix printer.
Thanks again for the advice.
God Bless

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