Upgrading from MB to MBP - straight HD swap possible?

Hi
I'm upgrading from a MacBook to a MacBook Pro. I'll have both machines side-by-side for one day, then the MacBook is being picked up for return.
As I've spent so many hours setting up application preferences, mail settings, itunes library, fonts, etc etc... Would it be possible to simply swap the hard disks? I'm not expecting it to work, but then again, why not? They are both 100gb 5200rpm.
The only real difference I'd expect there to be is a lack of drivers for the x1600, though there are likely to be a million things I'm not thinking of!
What do you guys think? Good idea, or not worth the trouble?
I suppose the alternative would be to use software like SuperDuper! to sync the two drives somehow.

I've commented here, and blogged about migration assistant. I have only great thigns to say about it. OK I've only used it personally once, mac mini to mac book pro, but I know my local apple store used it to go from my original mac book pro to my second mac book pro.
I think it's is a simple elegant, ok a bit slow, solution that works amazingly. MS offer a files and settings transfer wizzard - but it pales in comparison to Migration assistant. Even my weird putting the date in the menu bar hack transfered, it was seriosuly like using the same machine.
M
http://swaytech.com/blog/

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ockerk wrote:
Will having 4GB of RAM instead of the 2GB RAM stock make a difference?
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madcap1974 wrote:
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15" to 13"? That, technically, is a downgrade, in more ways than one.
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