I am running Snow Leopard on my current iMac can i transfer data to a new iMac without upgrading to Mavericks

I am currently running Snow Leopard on my iMac and was wondering if I have to upgrade to mavericks in order to transfer the data to a new iMac running mavericks?

NOPE!  However, you may need to upgrade and/or update all your 3rd party software to run in Maverick.  Here is the place to check---->RoaringApps

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