2 computers with same information

I live in Florida and have Time machine working every day. I am moving to NC in 2 weeks where I also have a Dual G5 power pc. Can I just take my Time machine drive, which is an external drive to NC and ask it to copy the contents onto that computer? I plan to hook up that external drive and continue to back up using Time machine. In the fall when I return to Florida, can I just update this computer here? In essence, although I have 2 computers, I want them to appear as one.

Jo Ann Crebbin wrote:
I live in Florida and have Time machine working every day. I am moving to NC in 2 weeks where I also have a Dual G5 power pc. Can I just take my Time machine drive, which is an external drive to NC and ask it to copy the contents onto that computer?
there is an option to wipe the drive on the other computer and do a full system restore from the TM. normally this should only be done on the same computer but if two computers are the same model and make it might work ok. but it can create problems too if they are not the same.
to do a full system restore you boot from the leopard install DVD and choose "restore system from backup from the Utilities menu at the top.
Another option is to use migration assistant to migrate your user and applications data from the TM backup. Migration Assistant is in /Applications/Utilities.
In either case you'll have to start a new TM backup sequence on the new computer.

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