Best way to go from old pc to new pc with my itunes

I have just bought a new computer with os 8 what is the best way to transfer my itunes from my old computer to the new one?

Hey jshrews1,
Some things to consider which will assist in which direction you want to go. Are you going to be updating the OS when you do this migration? If you want to update the OS, say to 2012 R2 standard, you will have to do the migration, namely
the first method. If you are not going to update the OS, then the second or third method will work for you.
For the first method, there are plenty of technet articles that can help you. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver/jj554790.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 is
a great resource for migrating to Windows Server 2012 R2.
For the second method, keep in mind you are moving hardware, so you want to make sure the BMR restore you perform is able to have new drivers installed in it for the new hardware. If you cannot push new drivers into the BMR image, you may (probably
will) experience issues with the restore, and the running of the server on the new hardware. If you can push drivers, RAID controller drivers would be the biggest worry, then you should be able to do the BMR, and have a working server at the end
of the restore.
For the third method, are you going to boot the physical to the VHD, or place it as a VM in Hyper-V? I would recommmend Hyper-V, and if this is the case, you will need to build the hyper-V host first, before you do anything with the current
production server.
Which ever method you choose, good luck with the migration. Remember Proper Planning Promotes Peak Performance, so make sure you document all the steps you want to take before you start, this way you know you will have hit everything you want.

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* Wireless migrations take a long time (many hours sometimes).
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I'm currently working on an old MBP (2009, 17" unibody, to be exact) running Lion.
Long story short, I decided to switch to a new iMac because it's slowly dying.
I'm currently making daily clones of my computer (using SuperDuper) but I just realized that the new computer will be running Mountain Lion.
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That being said, do you think it would actually apply for transferring a clone running on 10.7.5 (Lion) to the new iMac running 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? Or should I rely on the second paragraph that seems to indicate I'd be better off updating my clone (buying Mountain Lion on the macbook pro) then use the Setup Assistant to transfer my older settings.
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