was Re: [X4U] Router Thanks & Remove User Account; now system HD transplant

[Daly Jessup]

At 10:02 AM -0400 5/13/07, Wayne Clodfelter wrote:

>On several occasions I have migrated to newer machines simply by 
>removing the HD containing OS X from the old machine and installing 
>it into the new(er) machine. All have been PPCs.
>What advantage is there in using Migration Assistant (which I have 
>never used)?
>
>There'll come a time when I am moving from PPC to Intel Mac. Would a 
>system HD transplant work in that situation?

The PPC probably contains ATA drives. The Intel has SATA. The 
migration assistant would be useful in cases where you cannot move 
the drive. On the other hand, you could put the old ATA drive into a 
Firewire enclosure and connect that to the new Intel machine, and 
move your data over.  You can't use the same OS in the Intel as in 
the PPC anyway, so all you would be moving is your data.

Daly
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