How to move old iPhone backup onto new computer

My iPhone won't restore my old backup on my current laptop, so I want to move over the backup files onto my iMac. That way I can restore the information on my phone. Is this feasible? Does the information carry over?
Thanks!

Mac OS X
iPhone: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
(The tilde "~" represents your Home directory.)
Windows XP:-C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista:-C:\Users\[username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
If you don't see the Application Data or AppData folders, you may need to show hidden files.
Just copy all the folders into the same location on your other computer
username is the user your presently logged in as.

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