How can you keep your songs when you get a new computer?

is it possible to bring music from your old computer to your new one? because i just bought a new mac and i want to get rid of the old one, but i have all my music on there and it would take forever to get it all on by CD and by buying on iTunes.

Any chance you have an iPod? ...
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
If not, then how about an external hard drive? They are very cheap these days and well worth it for backing up your iTunes and your Mac. You can buy or put together models that are, for example, in the 160-250GB range for under $100 easily.
Patrick

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