B/U and Transferring Mac Data

I have 2 macbooks. One 12" G4 and an intel pro. I am currently backing up the pro to an ext drive with Time Machine. I then need to do a "soft wipe" to the pro so that I can transfer the data from the g4 to the pro. I will then be doing a soft wipe to the g4.
My intent with a soft wipe is to keep all of the apps but delete all unnecessary data such as photos, music, and other files. I would also like to change the user names (home folder) as each computer is going to a different person. Do I need the Mac OS install disc for this? If so, do you know if any intel Leopard disc will work for the pro and any Tiger disc will work for the g4, or do I need the machine specific discs?
Will Time Machine back up the pro HD sufficiently so that all of it's info is duplicated on the ext drive? Of course, I can check to make certain, but there are lots of files. A matching memory count, I assume, would confirm this?. The info pane of the pro HD shows that 109.77GB is used, however the Time Machine window shows that it is only backing up 104.34GB. Is everything, in fact copied over or is it missing something? The ext drive will be going to the original owner of the pro so that they can take any data they want/need and I want to be certain this will be possible.
To transfer the data from the g4 to the pro, I intend to put the pro in target mode and copy over via firewire 400. I assume ethernet would be faster? I just don't have an extra ethernet cable.

Dangermouse0:
Thanks. That is helpful. Here is how I suggest you proceed.
• Backup MacBook Pro to external HDD. Since you only need the data you can simply backup the Users Folder using SuperDuper.
• Instead of wiping anything use this procedure to set up a new user and directory on MacBook Pro. You can later log in as new admin user and delete old user.
• Once new user is setup use the procedure outlined in this thread to transfer information from PowerBook G4 to MacBook Pro.
• Use procedure in first step to create a new account in PowerBook G4.
• Move data from backup to PowerBook G4.
Note: You can delete the original accounts either after setting up new accounts, or wait until it is all done. The value of waiting is that the data will be intact until you are done, just in case you need to recover anything. However, that will depend upon whether you have sufficient disk capacity to accommodate both accounts. If there is not sufficient space, you will need to delete the account immediately after setting up the new account.
Please do post back with further questions/comments.
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