Migration?  Or really, how to transfer my PowerBook to my Power Mac G5?

Hello,
I just bought a G5 and was wondering if it's possible to transfer all my stuff on my powerbook to my G5? I heard about Migration, but I don't know how or what that is...
if anyone can help, thanks!
chris

The Migration Assistant is an application that will transfer stuff from an old Mac running OS X to a new Mac running OS X. You will need a FireWire cable to connect both Macs. The Migration Assistant can be found in Applications > Utilities.

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