MBP switch to SDD questions

I got my MBP two weeks ago coming with the Lion but without SDD. I want to use the SDD now.
First, can I just add the SDD disk to my MBP without removing my old disk?
Second, if I had to remove the old one, do I need to buy the Lion or the Apple Store can give me one?
Third, do I have to get the SDD from Apple Store?
Thanks guys

No, but you can clone your hard drive to the SSD if the HDD isn't too full. But if that isn't convenient, then you can reinstall Lion onto the new drive. Put either the SSD or the HDD into an external enclosure for notebook SATA drives (or you can also get these USB to SATA drive adaptors.) Here's the general process:
How to replace or upgrade a drive in a laptop
Step One: Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alterhatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Shutdown the computer.
Step Two: Remove the old drive and install the new drive. Place the old drive in an external USB enclosure. You can buy one at OWC who is also a good vendor for drives.
Step Three: Boot from the external drive. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive then click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Step Four: New Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your new hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Step Five: Install Lion
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears.
Select Reinstall Lion from the menu and click on the Install button. When the installer appears you can switch from the boot drive (HDD) to the SSD as the destination. This will result in Lion being installed on the SSD.
The computer will start automatically once Lion has been installed, and should boot from the SSD.
Step Six: Open the Startup Disk preferences and select the new internal volume.Eject the external drive and disconnect it from the computer.

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For you critical single home devices, such as your Internet and off-site switch connections, you can have a logical configuration "mirror" port ready on the second 3750X stack member, so if the member with the active link fails, you only need to repatch. (This can also be use for other critical single homed servers).
On a 3560X/3750X switches you do want to use the SFP ports for your busy ports (because they have their own reserved hardware buffers). However, if you use 10g port, as 10g, you lose half your SFP ports. Without knowing your expected traffic flow patterns, I cannot not say whether using all the SFP ports for dual gig port-channels would be better than having some on copper edge ports and some as dual 10g fiber ports.

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When the issue occurs with you, are there any peripherals connected to your computer? If so, remove them.
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Per your user manual: Do not operate your MacBook Pro on a pillow or other soft material, as the material can block the airflow vents. Never place anything over the keyboard when operating your MacBook Pro. Never push objects into the ventilation openings.
From MacBook Pro: Care, Use, and Safety Information
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Dear All,
I encounter this issue. I create a HR Infosets using logical database PNPCE. As the requirement of our HR Dept, so we need to add more extras fields (by code).
The problem when we switch on/off object selection (from menu):
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- When the object selection is on: all of them are not available.
This is my idea. All the field of infosets will be display when the object selection is on depend on SAP internal field, and the extra field we add by code will not be displayed.
But it's my opinion. So please help me with this issue.
Thanks in advanced.
Thien.
Edited by: Pham Thien on Nov 18, 2008 3:12 AM

Hi,
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Thanks,
Mahendran B.

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Added a var to hold activeDocument index.
Added if statement to set the above variable.
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