Migrating from G4 Mac Mini to Mac Pro

Hi There,
I'll be receiving my new Mac Pro tomorrow - to say I'm excited is an understatement - and I want to make sure I set it up as efficiently as possible. I plan on having the same 3 Account names on the new Mac Pro, and I'm happy re-installing all of my favourite applications for the Intel version, but its my data that's bothering me.
Is it really as simple as copying the relevant folders from the Mini to the Pro ?
I'm only really interested in Mail (for my wife's mail account), my iTunes Library, my photos (from iPhoto '06 to '08) and my Firefox/Safari bookmarks. Having read various threads, it seems that I overwrite the whole folder on the new Pro with the whole folder from the Mini e.g. \home\library\Mail on the Mini overwrites \home\library\Mail on the Pro, \home\pictures from Mini overwrites \home\pictures on the Pro, etc
I'm worried that in copying these folders to the new Pro that I'm going to bring old crap over and soil my nice new Pro.
Anyone care to re-assure/correct me ?
Thanks

If your Mini is already running Leopard I don't see a problem using Migration Assistant. Or you can connect the two via Target Disk Mode and simply copy your personal files to the new computer. This latter is the safest method. The following will help with certain items:
Folders You Can Move to Your new Mac
From the Home folder copy the contents of Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
For FireFox:
/Home/Library/Applications Support/FireFox
/Home/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox.plist
Credit goes Macjack for this information.

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