I just finished migrating from my 2008 MacBook (Pro) to my new MacBook Pro

[Stinky The Clown]

I used the Migration Assistant. It took about four hours over our wireless network. It essentially cloned the old computer to this new one. Everything is where it was, right down to browser bookmarks and all my settings in Word and Excel. I had to put in the M$ key to reactivate, but after that all was well. It looks exactly like my old computer.

[struggle4progress]

1. Might have gone faster with a network or firewire cable

[Stinky The Clown]

2. The old machine doesn't have firewire and the options for migration didn't list Cat 5 as an option

Apart from the time, it was an easy process.

[struggle4progress]

3. How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from another Mac

... Make sure that the source Mac and target Macs are connected to the same network, either wirelessly or via Ethernet. (You can directly connect the two Macs via an Ethernet cable if both are Ethernet capable ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413#2

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Doh!

Well color *me* dumb!

I read exactly those directions and failed to comprehend. I bet that would have been a lot faster!

Live and learn, eh?