Im trying to transfer data from my ancient 6 year olf macbook to a brand new macbook pro.

so i have a super old macboo, 6 years old, running 10.4.11 and just bought a brand new macbook pro. my old laptop is so old it wont support any newer operating system. when i try to run the migration software it tells me that i need to update my migration software on my old laptop. i tried this but because dont have a newer op system it wont let me download the migration upgrade. i bought a 800/400 firwire cable for the transfer, like i was told to at the apple store but i just cant seem to figure out how to make the transfer. tips?

Have a look at this link, by Pondini...
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http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html

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