Moving Applications & Data from PowerBook to iMac?

Hi!
I just got my PowerBook all set up with Tiger and have iLife '06 ordered.
Once it arrives and is installed on the PowerBook along with all of my other Apps etc ... , I would like to copy it ALL to my iMac so that match perfectly.
When I copy (SuperDuper) the HardDrive to a Firewire Drive (OWC) and restore it on my iMac, the pages are all the wrong size.
It's like it's still using a PowerBook Screen as the aspect ratios are different.
Is there a way to correct this or what else can I do to maintain the iMac Aspect Ratio and Displays Appearance?
Thanks

Since you are cloning the drive, you are making an exact copy including all the screen prefs and everything. I do not think that there is a way to exclude those prefs from the clone.
Someone else might chime in, but I think the only thing you can do is adjust the sizes of the window pages manually.

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