Moving data from pc to mac

so im switching from pc to mac(made a post earlier with some questions) and have another question regarding moving my data.
although i could use an ipod with disk enabled, could i also just use an external hardrive?
my plan was to borrow my friends external harddrive(he uses windows btw), just connect his drive to my pc, drag and drop my folder of stuff(music, videos, docs) on it and disconnect. then get my macbook, plug in the drive, drag and drop. any potential pitfalls?
thanks in advance!

hi, depending on how much data you have to transfer, doing it over a home network might be real slow. I tried doing it and while it worked, it just would have taken way too much time
In my case, I had tons of photos and music files that I wanted to transfer from Windows to my new MBP.
You may want to consider just purchasing an inexpensive external HDD (less than $75 for a 160GB) and do it that way or borrow one from a friend. You could even purchase one of those really inexpensive flash drives that hold up to 1GB.
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