Transferrng Data from Old Computer

I have a 2008 MacBook and I just purchased a 2010 MacBook Pro. I realize I had the opportunity to transfer all the data from my 2008 MacBook to my new MacBook Pro when I first turned on the MacBook Pro BUT I for a number of reasons I did not. For one thing, I've got a lot of junk on this 2008 MacBook that I don't want on the new MacBook Pro. The 2008 MacBook has been backed up regularly using Time Machine. Any suggestions?

Your back up will have the junk as well. Using a firewire cable boot the old Mac into target disk mode and transfer only the info you need. Install third party programs from their respective cd's. Follow this guide:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350

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