<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">So tomorrow I am to give the presentation to the Lansing Area Mac Users group (<A href="http://www.lamalug.org">www.lamalug.org</A>) on upgrading to your new Mac.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My Macbook Pro has just arrived. I'll complete my Backup 2.2 just prior to the meeting, and my Dot Mac Sync, and a complete backup of my machine prior to the meeting.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I will cover the info about how you CAN'T just clone your drive onto the Intel Macs from the Powermacs, and how I CAN'T just take my ATA 160 and stick it into the SATA Macbook Pro.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Has anyone actually USED Migration Assistant? How well does it work?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Is there any info that you all, as Gurus and Geeks, would cover to a group of potential Intel Mac buyers on the upgrade process?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tell me about your trial and errors, please?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks!</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">---</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">John Belen</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Vice President, LAMALUG</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Lansing Area Macintosh and Lisa Users Group</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="http://www.lamalug.org">http://www.lamalug.org</A></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Promoting the education, awareness and benefits of the Macintosh and other great Apple products in the Greater Lansing Area.</FONT></P><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>