Can I move boot drive from Mac Pro 2006 to Mac Pro 2008?

I currently have a Mac Pro 2006 (3Ghz Quad) and am thinking about buying a 2008 (3.2Ghz Oct).
Can I simply swap out the boot drive and not have to reinstall all of the programs (and the de-authorizing and re-authorizing of computers involved), or is the software somehow tied to the CPU itself?

Are you running 10.5.7 on the 2006 MP?
The easiest way would be to simply clone the drive (superduper, CCC, etc.)to the new 2009 drive.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
I have heard bad things about migration assistant (system slowdowns, etc).
Truthfully though, you're moving to a new system, new drivers, etc, do it the right way. fresh install.
Fresh installs always are the best. And if you can, pick up Alsoft Disk Warrior to run after install and updates etc. Makes the computer run a whole lot better.

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