Does Migration Assistant Overstate disc space apps take up?

I purchased an SSD to install Lion on in my Mac pro early 2008.
Having looked at the size of the applications file in Finder it showed 24.7GB's
I purchased a 60GB Vertex2 SSD thinking it would have plenty of space as my User folder would remain on the ordinary disc.
When I use Migration Assistant in Lion it shows the Applications to transfer is over 70GB and so would fill the SSD.
Can anybody help and suggest best course of action?
Is finder right or the Migration Assistant. Is there another way to get the apps across without having to install them all again individually?

BillyoGump wrote:
Can the Migration Assistant work with just the hard drive (connected via usb in an enclosure)
No, you must install Windows Migration Assistant on the PC and connect it to your network (or Mac).
If I need a running machine, is there any work around
Yup.
See the Manually Migrating section towards the bottom of Switch 101: Migrate your Windows files or system to your Mac.

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I'm having a problem with Migration Assistant that's driving me crazy. I just bought a new Macbook Pro with a 256GB internal drive, and I have a backup of my old computer from last year that is about 350GB in size. What I am trying to do is individually take over some items from the Time Machine so that I don't fill up the HD. Here is what I have done so far:
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jeevescat wrote:
Thanks for your reply.
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I'm not bashing Apple for this...they are "head and shoulders" above the competition in what they do but I've been burned a few times so I feel I can share a small bit of loyal customer advice...I understand your iOS and mobile products hold huge sway in company focus and market-share but I find it a tad unwise to slack on the desktop applications. I don't recall any app for the iPhone/iPad family being made on the iPhone/iPad...only from desktop applications if I recall correctly. And how can I clearly "Move my Mac even further ahead" as your marketing states when I can't even migrate my files from my old Mac to my new one in a simple fashion as per your instructions?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4889
Migration from Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger to OS X Lion
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Verify that both Macs are equipped with a FireWire port. Note that different model Macs may have different FireWire connectors, which will require an appropriate cable, such as FireWire 400 to FireWire 800.
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Connect both Macs via the FireWire cable.
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Select the option "From a Time Machine backup or other disk" and click Continue.
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BillyoGump wrote:
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