Hard Drive Compatability between Models

Hi all,

I have an old 15" 2.5Ghz Macbook Pro. The Intel Core 2 Duo 4,1 Macbook Pro. Late 2008 if I am not mistaken.

I am wondering, if I pick up a 2010 or newer macbook pro (15" or 17") model, can I replace the optical drive with my old 250GB hard drive? Getting me 2 internal drives?

I remember a while ago there were some people replacing their unused optical drive with a second internal hard drive.

Is this possible in my scenario and are the drives interchangeable between those model years?

Thanks