I have ordered the rMBP and will giving my old MBP (2010) to my girlfriend what is the best way to remove the programs and files that she wont use and make it her computer rather than my old one?

I have no real need to upgrade but as a student the price it would be silly not to.
I will be giving my MBP to my girlfriend but she wont use a lot of the software on there such as the final cut and CS5 and would rather use the space for her own iTunes library. Some will be kept on though like the old office suite as i have bought the 2011 one as well
Can I also remove myself as a user on the macbook so the only login is hers? I would rather it was her computer rather than my old one!
Cheers in advance!
Kobi

Hey, man, I'd be excited, too!
She'll have whichever operating system that came with your computer. Your updates are tied to your Apple ID so if you've purchased updated OS X versions, she'll want to reinstall them using her own Apple ID (yes, it will cost her something but not much).
Kappy's a know-it-all (and I mean that in the politest of terms) who's a frequent poster here. He has a 'canned' script about how to get your computer ready for resale. I guess he just doesn't have enough points yet to make it an User Tip, but it's a great little rundown of what to do.
BEFORE you erase everything, I would purchase (if you don't already have one) an external USB hard drive and use Time Machine to backup everything. When you startup your new computer (or afterwards if you just can't wait to see the clean, crisp text in TextEdit) you can use Time Machine to properly migrate all your files, apps and all, onto your new MBPR. If you're not familiar with Time Machine, see http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html. Oh, yeah, since you have Office 2011, you'll need your activation code handy as, for some reason, the activation code does not carry over when you use the Time Machine restore. All Adobe, etc., apps are fine. It's just that damned MS Office that gets you.
Hopefully Kappy will jump in here. If not just post a message "Kappy: Preparing MBP for resell?" or something to that effect and I'm sure that he'll see it.
Good luck,
Clinton

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