How do transfer files as easy and fast as possible?

Hi, I will have to get all my files on my Mac Mini here on to the new iMac I'll be having in a few hours. How can I do this as fast and easy as possible?
Do I use a USB cable between the Mac Mini and the iMac or what kind of connection should I use? And how do I keep my system preferences and stuff without having to overwrite Leopard-specific files and folders? My Mini is on Tiger.
Can I use a FireWire, I heard they are much faster than USB but I don't know if they can be used for Computer-Computer setups?

Hi.
I am already on the new iMac now. A lot of good impressions so far, and a few things I would change, but I am overall very satisfied with the product
I used a FireWire 400 with 6-pin on both sides. The Apple Genius said Mac Mini doesn't have FW 800 port (new Intel Mac Mini). And it was dumb of me to ask if the files and folders are treated the same way as the applications. I didn't think of the fact that the applications are in like a shared folder and the personal stuff is part of the accounts...
I just have a question, how are some of my preferences transferred if system files aren't replaced? And my main concern with the transfer wasn't that not all files could be transferred, but rather that some Leopard files could accidentally be overwritten and there goes my Leopard.
Anyway, thanks for your advice everybody. How do I use Quick Look by the way?

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