Clean Install, Temperatures, and Migration Assistant

Hello all,
I upgraded my MacBook Pro (mid-2007) from Leopard and everything is working fine. However, the MBP runs much hotter than when it was on Leopard. I was thinking if doing a clean install would help bring the temperature down. Will it?
If I do a clean install, will using the Migration Assistant be the same as doing an upgrade install? So I would be better off reinstalling all the applications manually?
Thanks.

I doubt that an erase and install will affect your temperature issue. I think that the probability of something going wrong with migration assistant is higher than something going wrong with an upgrade install. Many really sing the praises of upgrade installs. And, I for one think the procedure is very good. You probably are wasting your time doing a clean install--especially given that your system appears to be problem free. [Check out this thread|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10077299&#10077299]; it may help you decide.

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Welcome to Apple Discussions
You may want to look at Knowledge Base Document #106693, which Troubleshoots Mac OS X installation from CD or DVD.
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2. Everything but the Apple applications, which you probably won't be able to delete.
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3. Hard to answer. In theory, none.
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+Other files and folders...+ will transfer files and folders outside your user home folder that Migration Assistant treats as potentially being or having user data. For example, if you had folder called Stuff at the top level of old Macs hard drive volume, that would get transferred. As long as your user data is stored in your user home folder (the house icon), all this will do is transfer random things you do not need cluttering your new iMac. If you know of something that was not stored in your user home folder that did not get transferred, since your old iMac's hard drive is connected as an external drive, you can just use Finder to locate and copy over that something manually.

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G4 Mac to Intel Mac migration? Stop.
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