How to set up new imac from old imac

I've heard about migration assistant but I've also heard that it takes a long time.  Can I speed this up using ethernet between the old imac and the new one?

The only time I would not use the Migration Asisstant is if one Mac is PowerPC and the other Intel.
Firewire is faster than all ethernet except gigabit ethernet.

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