Carbon Copy Everything or Install a New OSX?

Hi All,
I'm upgrading my MBP's hard disk. I would rather just copy my current hard disk (using CCC) to the new one. However, I'm curious if installing a clean OSX to the new hard disk and then copying all my settings, files and applications would provide faster boot up times, processing etc.
Thanks.

IMO, a straight clone is sufficient. However, you can always do the other, check it out, erase it, do the clone, and make your decision. I haven't reinstalled, except when beta-testing various OS incarnations, since installing Jaguar. All of my normal OSs are updates, based on clones.

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