Migration assistant on my old PB G4 freezes when trying to use it

Have looked for a solution to this for a few days now. I have tried to use the migration assistant to facilitate the change to my new Macbook Pro. However, each time I try to use it it freezes on the PB when it gets to the point where my ny MB searches for other macs to connect to (have tried to use a local network through ethernet as well as wireless). It doesn't respond and I have to force it to shut it down.
Could anyone advice on this? Would it just be better to copy all the content manually (a local network through ethernet works fine, without the assistant)? What I am afraid of is to loose data such as mail, ical, etc, i.e. the content I have not saved in specific places myself. It would also be nice to get this to work so that I could get the settings for all applications.
(and finally, I need to ask, how does it work with applications, can they just be moved even if I have not the .dmg-file? I know I need to uninstall some on the old mac because of licence issues.)

This user tip was written a while back but you can use it to restore important items to your users/Home directory.
Then, try transferring your apps via your wireless connection.
Do you have an external hard drive? It is always best to have you data backed up somewhere. Even if it's DVD.
EDIT: As far as moving the apps by dragging, don't. Some can be dragged, most cannot. You don't want to find out which the hard way
-mj
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