On 09/11/06, Steve Self <steveself at mac.com> wrote: > > Migration Assistant does the job... But usually I want to begin with > a new user, a clean space and not transfer any accumulated flaws > over, so I skip it and use the time honored "start over" method. But > if I was pressed for time and was certain that my user area was > flawless, then I would use the MA. The "start over" method is painful and very time-consuming, requiring resetting all preferences and reinstalling all 3rd party applications. See my previous post WRT moving to Intel-based Macs from PPCs using MA.