New Macbook c2d en route -- how do i get files of its ancient predecessors?

Question

i ordered my c2d macbook from macmall. the rebates do look like a PITA, but they're substantial -- not only $100 on the computer, but $70 on Parallels which I ordered at the same time. i've bought from them in the past without troubles, and hope to have the same experience; if not, i still haven't paid a premium so worth the gamble. UPS says it's made it from memphis to knoxville so far, so half way home.
my question though is how i'm going to get my files from my inspiron to my new macbook, and from an old performa i have to my macbook. the performa runs os9, so i understand that i can't use the migrate capabilities of osX. it doesn't have USB, much less firewire, so that route is out. so... if everything is connected through a router, hopefully my macbook will see the performa and i can just copy over? will it see the dell? i don't have a burner on either old computer, so can't do it that way. any tips?
also, can i run OS9 on the macbook, so i can use some of the old software i have? i haven't seen anything on that. sure would add to my capabilities while i wait for versions of the sw that are made for the intel chip....
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If the Performa has ethernet, then you can create a Net between your new MacBook and the Performa (using an ethernet cable, I don't think you'll need a crossover cable).
You may be able to run OS 9 in your macbook via one emulation software, like Basilisk (emulates a 68K mac) or SheepShaver (emulates a PPC mac). You will also need your original OS9 disks and to extract your Performa's ROM.
I stepped from a PowerBook 190cs to a MacBook and I've been able to run OS 7.5.5 via Basilisk and use some of my old software. I had some problems moving files from the older system to the new, because of the way OSX treats resources, so to move some old applications I recommend that you compress then (.zip or .sit).
MacBook 1.83 GHz 1st Generation   Mac OS X (10.4.8)