can i do a full restore to a new 17 mbp from my old backup of my 15 mbp?

[212rikanmofo]

Before I sold my unibody 15" mbp, i did a full time machine backup of my entire drive. I am going to be purchasing a new 17" mbp soon.

I was wondering if it will be okay for me to perform a full system restore from my backup onto my new 17" mbp? Or should I just take the time and do a fresh install of OS X and reinstall all my apps again?

I am afraid that since the backup is of the old 15" unibody, it might have all the old settings of the 15" such as model #, configuration settings, cpu speeds etc. Not sure if it would be optimal to use that backup on my new 17" mbp.

What do you guys suggest?

 

[Quu]

It is not unusual for Apple to customise the installation of OS X on new machines. Personally I would not do a full restore. But I would use the built in migration tool and target the backup volume you have created.

 

[crazyrog17]

Before I sold my unibody 15" mbp, i did a full time machine backup of my entire drive. I am going to be purchasing a new 17" mbp soon.

I was wondering if it will be okay for me to perform a full system restore from my backup onto my new 17" mbp? Or should I just take the time and do a fresh install of OS X and reinstall all my apps again?

I am afraid that since the backup is of the old 15" unibody, it might have all the old settings of the 15" such as model #, configuration settings, cpu speeds etc. Not sure if it would be optimal to use that backup on my new 17" mbp.

What do you guys suggest?

I did a time machine restore and it seems to be a little slower than I remember it. Booting up and opening applications takes a little longer than I can recall.

From what I understand, the OS X disk (which you need to do the time machine restore) takes the fluffy stuff from your back up and installs it on a fresh installation of the operating system.

It should pick and choose the proper drivers and settings to install and lay the fluffy frosting over top.

 

[212rikanmofo]

so would it be better to perform a restore or use the migration assistant tool in my case?

 

[dr. shdw]

so would it be better to perform a restore or use the migration assistant tool in my case?

Migration..