Migrating One Account from Powerbook G4 to New Macbook Pro?

Bad news / good news.  Bad news: my Powerbook died.  Power connector won't power it and the battery won't charge.  Good news: the last thing I did with it was make a full back up with SuperDuper!.
My daughter was using it and her only concerns are getting her music and pictures over to the new computer (refurb Macbook Pro, 13").
So, I'm thinking I could create an admin account on the new computer and then copy her home folder from the backup to the new computer.
The only "gotchas" on this would be:
Having the new computer recognizing the copied home folder as an account - it should, shouldn't it?
iPhoto '11 reading the older iPhoto database - again, ought to work, right?
Authorizing the new computer on iTunes - easy
Any applications that she had on the Powerbook - I can re-install them on the new computer
Did I miss anything?  Any problems that anyone anticipates?  Is there a better way?
Also, how do I de-authorize the old computer if it won't boot (without de-authorizing ALL computers)?
Bill

William Schmid wrote
Any applications that she had on the Powerbook - I can re-install them on the new computer
As Macjack says, you can migrate them.
But you can't "pick and choose" -- you must migrate all or none.  However, Migration Assistant won't transfer an app if an app of the same name already exists, so it won't overlay newer versions of apps with older ones.
See Using Migration Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard for instructions and details; note the pink boxes toward the bottom.

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