How do I migrate data from my 2003 iMac to my mid-2011 iMac?

Hi All,
I have a 2003 iMac and I want to migrate the iTunes, iPhoto, etc DBs to my new mid-2011 iMac.  The 2003 iMac is the last one before they switched to the intel chip.  It's Mac OS is version 10.5.4.  That's as late as I can get it as they quit supporting the old chip after that.
I found a vid on mac-to-mac file migration online.  It said to connect the two computers via firewire cable (done), start the new computer (done), start the old computer while holding down the T-key (done), and the old computer's hard drive will show up on the new computer finder window (did happen).  Then it says to start Migration Assistant on the new computer (done), and follow directions.  That's where I run into a problem.  The Migration Assistant says "Looking for other computers" and it never finds the old iMac even though the old iMac's hard drive is visible in the new iMac's finder window.  Note that I can click down through directories on the old iMac in the new iMac's finder window.
Any suggestions you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much!

Your old machine may too old for Migration Assistant to work. In that case your best bet is to set up the old machine in Target Disk Mode and then drag and drop your files to the new machine. You should only migrate data files, if you have applications on the old machine these should be manually installed on the new machine. If any of the old machine's apps are PPC (Power PC) based these will not run in Lion and will need to be upgraded or replaced prior to installing on the new machine. You can check what apps are PPC based by opening System Profiler (Applications - Utilities - System Profiler), click Applications on the left and then look in the Kind column. Applications that will run in Lion OK are Intel & Universal apps. 

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