Getting a New Macbook, will restoring from Old Mac make it slow??

Hello!
Ive had my Macbook since early 08 and am finally going to get a new one! This one is quite slow, it takes forever to "think", the rainbow ball is spins a lot. I currently use time machine to back up my macbook, and have a few questions: If I load my current hd onto the new Macbook, will it be slow like this one? Once I get a new macbook, I will erase the content on this one, will it still be slow? It has a new, large hard drive, so Im not sure why its so slow! Is this the processor slowing down? Im not too computer savvy
Thank you!

Read this and choose what you think serves your interests best:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
It is best to reinstall non Apple applications later.  You should be able to install a new OS at anytime you choose without any affect in your data.  With that said, always have a backup.
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