New 27 iMac won't run Chrome Beta (fresh download) - I used Migration Asst.

I just setup my shiny new 27 inch i7 and used Migration Assistant to copy my stuff from an older dual G5 running Leopard. It took nearly 12 hours to copy the 300+GB of data.
Mostly things like iPhoto, Lightroom, Mail, etc. work GREAT.
However, one of the first orders of business was to download the Google Chrome beta which I've been running on my MBP and MacPro.
When I try to open the Chrome app it immediately quits (tried a restart of the iMac). The detail report doesn't shed any light on what happened to me (maybe others would be able to determine the cause from the report).
Any ideas ?
I was wondering if by copying stuff from a Leopard system (and non-Intel) that I now have some backwards compatible setting ON that is preventing Chrome from loading.
I've never used Migration Assistant before, always hand copying what I needed on a fresh install. Maybe I should reinstall Snow Leopard over my current User folders.
Thanks,
Ed

In the end a manual transfer of pictures, music, data, etc. was far faster than using Migration Assistant and worked fine. Just replaced Music, Pictures, etc. with the folder from the old computer and all upgrades were performed and everything was in place.
What really made the manual migration palatable is that I have MobileMe. All of those data files (address book, mail preferences, bookmarks, etc etc) moved automatically via MobileMe sync. Without MobileMe, it would have been much harder I suppose.
More difficult was the hassle of reinstalling Adobe Creative Suite, Office, etc. But in the end a fresh install of everything has made my new iMac i7 a screaming fast machine.
Absolutely love it !
Thanks for all the advice.
Ed

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