New iMac 27" i7 migration questions...

I have just recieved my new iMac i7 27". The only other mac computer I have is my macbook 13" unibody. I have about 280GB used of its HD and backed up through both time capsule (time machine) and superduper on external HD. I have a couple of questions:
1. Migration assistant; is it faster to run a direct ethernet connection from my Macbook, a firewire 800 from my external superduper backup or ethernet from time capsule??
2. Is there any issues with the Macbook running Leopard (fully updated) and the new iMac having Snow Leopard with migration assistant?
3. Any estimates at how long 280GB or so would take with the above 3 methods?
Thanks a lot for any answers or info on the best way to go about the transfer.

Thanks for advice, I just did it via time capsule over ethernet as I would have had to run a new Superduper backup onto my new firewire drive and that would have taken a while anyways. It took 2.5 hrs to do it.
One final question...Is it normal for migration assistant to only bring over Apple programs? It didn't transfer any of my Photoshop programs or any other programs that were installed on my Macbook unless they were Apple ones like Aperture (and then it brought over a corrupted Aperture library missing 40GB)
Next time I'll just start from scratch and just transfer documents.

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