Brand new Macbook Pro Really disappointed

I just got my brand spanking new MacBook Pro. I got 4 gigs of RAM, 200 gig worth of hard disk, and I got the 17" one. I am really disappointed. I used the "Migration Assistant" per the instructions to xfer my network, email, files, et al from my old Powerbook. I went to start using my new computer and the email settings were not set up at all and my address book on the new Mac contains none of the listings from my Apple addressbook on my old Mac and yes, I checked every one of those boxes re preferences of what to xfer in Migration Assistant. What's the point and what the **** was the MA doing all the time I had to wait for it to finish its business...
Really disappointed.
Now I have to go back and place everything manually into the new Mac? As I said, what's the point...
I just went back and looked again and not even my web sites/bookmarks however these are being referred to these days was saved into Safari on my new Mac and yes, I was connecting via Firewire. Really really ****** about this. Ease of use... right...
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Not angry - just really really disappointed. I mean what were they thinking... many many users buying this machine would indeed be "migrating" from the last Macintoshes which were non-Intel based. I have to wonder what the intention was and who the intended user was for this so-called "Migration Assistant" and whether any user testing was done at all... Really a disappointment. Now it seems like I need to set aside an entire day to get up and running. Very disappointing and UNApple-like.
Do you have any advice on how to transfer addresses from my Apple address book? Do I need to go EXPORT them first on the old Mac?
What about iTunes stuff - some stuff xferred and some did not - I "authorized" my new computer but do I now have to go DEauthorize the old one?
Now I understand why people are paying the Applestore to do this for them after a purchase. What a BIG pain in the a.
Where are all the bookmarks and how do I xfer those? And the Mail settings - where are they and what are they called and what do I move them into on the new computer?
Almost $4000 I spent and to not be able to get up and running nearly as quickly as the last time I got a new Mac is I feel a big blow to Apple's current engineering design. This reflects poor thinking/design.
Thanks for your helpful post!

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