Better to use an account migrated from old eMac, or start with a clean new one?

[riker1384]

I just installed Leopard on an Intel Imac. My previous computer was an eMac with 10.4.

I have two main accounts on the Imac. One is the administrator account from when I installed Leopard. The other is an account that I transferred from a backup of the Emac, using Migration Assistant. Which one am I better off using? Should I move stuff into the clean new account, or use the migrated one and just clear out anything I don't need anymore?

I ask this because I'm wondering if the account that I migrated over is going to have stuff in it that slows things down or causes problems. I thought that slowdown type stuff doesn't happen with Macs, but then I've read that it does sometimes, so I'm confused. Are there any drawbacks to using the old, cluttered account?

 

[JustGretchen]

If the emac user has old classic apps or stuff like that it wont work, so I'd say starting fresh is the best way to go.

 

[riker1384]

If the emac user has old classic apps or stuff like that it wont work, so I'd say starting fresh is the best way to go.

I don't have any Classic apps that I use, but I do have a bunch of software going back to 10.3.

 

[Horst]

Look here, don't migrate from PPC to Intel .

 

[finnschi]

I wouldn't migrating From my old G4 gave me LOTS LOTS LOTS of trouble... I still have folders I don't have full access too ad stuff like that ... weird as hell !! 😱