Moving stuff from old to new Mac - what's the best way?

[digitaldave]

I'm planning on getting a new Mac in the very near future, and want to move stuff over. What's the preferred way of doing this?

a) Migration Assistant via ethernet;
b) Migration Assistant via Time Machine backup drive;
c) Use an external drive to copy things like iTunes and iPhoto libraries manually, and reinstall apps as needed.

I'm tempted to just let Migration Assistant do all the hard work, and copy everything over, but I'm wondering if a fresh start might be a good idea.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,

Dave.

 

[notranked]

I used way b. It´s very simple and u have all ur old configs on ur new mac.

 

[Patrick946]

Is there any advantage to starting fresh and moving all of your media over? I have an external HDD that's 1/2 Time Machine and 1/2 storage, so I could do it either way.

 

[Gregg2]

d. Buy the new Mac at an Apple Store.

(They will copy your stuff for free.)

 

[Luap]

I went with B, and it worked great (via wifi at that)
Today I upgraded from a 1st gen MacBook with 10.5 to an 11" Macbook Air with 10.6
All went smooth as silk! Just had to re-auth a couple of apps, and that was the only extra work I had to do.

Some folk claim its better to drag everything over manually, but I don't see the point when the Migration Assistant and Time Machine work this well.