Switching harddrive between two macbooks ...

I have a Macbook pro 13" (May 2009) and I want to buy the latest Macbook pro 13" model. In my existing model, I have a 256MB SSD disk with all my existing software and data, and therefore I don't wanna pay big bucks for an SSD disk in the new one of course, but instead keep the default 320GB.
I was thinking of simply "swapping" the disks between the two macbooks. This would mean that I get my existing SSD disk with all data intact in the new machine, while the old machine would get the new harddrive and is ready for a fresh install.
Would there be any complications when switching disks like this, or should it all go smooth? Does anyone have experience in the physical process of switching harddrives on macbooks?
Thanks!
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The new one will ship will a "build" number of 10.6.3 that is newer than your fully-updated build on the older machine. That newer build contains support for the new machine's GPU and perhaps other hardware that is not present in the older machine. You can see the build number by going to the Apple menu > About This Mac and clicking once on the OS version number that is displayed.
As a nearly invariant rule, no Mac can boot into a version and build of the OS that is older than the one it shipped with.

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