Put old MacBook hard drive in new MacBook pro?

Hi,
I just upgraded from my one-year-old MacBook (10.5) to a MacBook pro. I had upgraded to a 500-gig hard drive on the original MacBook, and I'd like to move it into the new MacBook pro. If I move it in as is, without wiping/reinstalling, will I be okay? Will it have the correct device drivers? If not, what is the best way to "migrate" the hard drive to the new MacBook pro while keeping all the same settings?

Make a bootable clone on an external hard drive of the Macbook drive that you intend to move. Boot the Macbook to the clone to verify that the clone is good.
Move the MacBook drive into the MacBook Pro and boot the MBP to the Leopard installer disc that came with it. Use Disk Utility to erase the drive, then use the MBP's installer discs to perform a standard installation of all the software that was on the MBP's factory hard drive when you received it. Apply the free downloadable OS X 10.5.7 update. Then use Migration Assistant to migrate all your personal data and settings from the clone on the external drive.
If you're going to use the factory drive from the MBP in the MacBook, install it in that machine. Boot the MacBook to the clone on the external drive, and clone the clone onto the drive into the Macbook.
This procedure will assure that each machine is equipped with all the right drivers to support its particular hardware configuration.
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