Migration and Two Accounts

I recently bought a new MacBook and used Migration Assistant to transfer everything from my old iBook. The migration was smooth, but now I have two user accounts on the MacBook. I want only one account. What is the best way to consolidate the files from the two accounts and then delete one of them?
Thanks in advance.
MacBook Core 2 Duo (black)   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Assuming that one account is the one you migrated and the other was the default account created when you first configured the new computer, then simply log into the account you want to keep (it should have admin status) and delete the other account.

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