HT2518 Migration Wizard: PC - hard drive - Mac

Hello all,
I've got an iPhone, recently got an iPad and now about to replace my Windows 7 laptop with a MacBook Air
I went to use the migration wizard but it was so slow and I can't wait to play with my new toy! As the Air only has Wi-Fi, is there a way to automatically migrate from my PC to an external HDD then onto my Mac?
Only thing I really care about is keeping my iTunes library organized with album covers, lyrics and play counts (as anal as it sounds I like the view my stats on play counts)
Thanks.
Kieron.

Barry Hemphill wrote:
Hello:
I have found (through bitter experience) that shortcuts are frequently the long way around (IMHO).
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