Upon purchasing a Mac

[rye9]

I bought my first Mac on amazon.com back in 2005.. and now I'd like to get a new one using the educational discount, so I figure I should get mine from the Apple Retail Store. When I go and buy it... do they charge extra for helping me transfer everything over and what not? If so I can probably just do it myself... I can't imagine it would be that difficult anyways

 

[ziggyonice]

Apple will transfer everything over for free, although it's quite easy to do yourself.

 

[fartheststar]

It will prompt you as you're setting up your new computer.
You can use the migration assistant if both computers have firewire.
Otherwise a time machine backup is an option.
Manually is also a way to do it for older or non firewire systems.