Moving content from old ibook to new macbook

I am going to trade in my ibook for a smart new macbook but am interested in how to move all my stuff from one mac to another ( Itunes etc ). Is there an easy way to do this ? I run the back up utility to a remote hard drive and wondered if I can simply back everything up and then "restore" to my new macbook ?
Any advice would be welcomed, thanks.

Richard,
I would be careful using the Migration Assistant. It works wonderfully, but even Apple has acknowledged migrating from a PPC Mac to an Intel Mac may cause some software not to transfer completely/successfully.
If you do data only, you're golden, just beware of the above if you copy everything.
Scott

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