MacBook Pro Data Transfer

My MacBook Pro will not boot up and before I send it away to be fixed, I would like to do a data transfer to another computer. I would prefer not to have to pay for someone else to the data transfer so I would like to attempt it myself. Can I just use a SATA to USB cable converter to do transfer the files to another computer or is there something special that I have to use for a Mac?
Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I'm going to pay for the repair; other than this recent hiccup with the logic board, the computer still works completely fine. When I bought my newer MBP, I gave the now-broken one to my parents and it still fulfills their needs.
I was trying to do the data transfer myself because, honestly, I did not want to spend the money to pay Apple to do it. The guy at the Genius Bar made it sound like it was pretty simple. However, if you think that it is not for amatuers, I will check out having a professional do it.
I thought about doing the HD swap but the price of another drive is about the price of just having Apple do the transfer completely. I thought about using the current HD as another external HD but I have quite a few of those already.

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