New Laptop-Importing iPhoto issues

I have a new MacBook Pro with iPhoto 08 (v7.1) on it. I want to import my images from my old Powerbook G4 (which is running the previous version of iPhoto). I tried connecting the old laptop in firewire mode and just importing the entire iPhoto folder but ended up with all of the originals as additionals rolls that showed up right after the roll containing the edited images. Is there another way to import that will maintain the originals but keep them somehow in the background as they were with the older version of iPhoto?
Much appreciated!

Simpy copy the iPhoto Library Folder from the Pictures Folder of the old machine to the same location on the new machine. Then launch iPhoto. No importing involved...
Regards
TD

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