[P1] Migrating to a new mac

[George Slusher]

>OK - after living the wonders of wireless laptop computing exclusively for
>the last three years with ibooks I've decided to buy a Mac Tower for more
>power!
>
>What's the best way to move my stuff from my 500 mhz laptop to a used tower?
>
>Should I do a clean install and just load on all my software - or what about
>cloning my hard drive and moving that to the Tower?
>
>I plan on moving everyone up. My wife from a 300 iBook to my 500 (maybe I
>should keep that blueberry for me ... Hmmm) and of course me from the 500 to
>a DP 800.
>
>What say yea - I've done this before with 9 but never OSX?
>
>Dan

It's usually best to install software from the master disks--be sure that 
you have any upgrades, as well. In OSX, I understand, this is especially 
true, as there may be system files that you don't see. I wouldn't clone 
one drive, as there may be files that are specific to a particular type 
of Mac.  

An easy way to connect the two is through an Ethernet crossover cable--I 
don't know if your Macs allow the firewire target disk mode. Then, set up 
file sharing on the two computers. 

George Slusher/Eugene, OR
gslusher at rio.com