IMHO, This sounds pretty cool:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1252780,00.asp

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The ez upgrade works by first turning your new, or replacement hard drive
into an external USB hard drive, and then clones your existing hard drive
onto the new one using its bundled software.
...
As a nifty bonus, you can use the old hard drive in the USB mini-chassis
that Apricorn includes in the kit. At a retail price of $89, it's a pretty
good deal.

The $165 Seagate hard drive we used during testing delivered a substantial
performance boost over the older, 4200RPM in our Dell. You might also opt
for a 40GB 5400RPM Hitachi (formerly IBM) Travelstar drive with 8MB of
cache—which costs around $140.

At a total cost of $245, we ended up with a notebook that was significantly
peppier. If you're looking to breathe life into an older portable, consider
the Apricorn solution. You can do it yourself for less – but why bother?
After all, you get better performance, more disk space in your notebook PC
and an compact USB 2.0 hard drive you can use for backups or to haul around
your music collection.
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