Macbook HDD into 13" MBP?

I've just got my new 13" Macbook Pro, which replaced my 2.2ghz black Macbook.
The first thing I did was pull the 320g hdd out of the MB and install it in the MBP.
Everything is working fine, the battery indicator still seems to think the 100% time is about 3 hours, but I'm thinking it just needs to "learn" the new timings, but otherwise everything is fine. System profiler seems to be correct too, so it appears all good.
I just wanted to ask if its OK to do this? Is my new MBP going to suddenly explode in the very future, or commit suicide, or some other such horrible thing, or is (as I suspect) the OS smart enough to work out what is going on and adjust itself accordingly?
Ta.

As long as the OS X version and build is the same or later than the one bundled with the computer you should be OK. i would calibrate the battery, but you may instead simply remove the relevant preference files from the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder. Basically everything EXCEPT the com.apple.Boot.plist can be removed. Then restart the computer and reconfigure your Network and Energy Saver preferences.

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