Setting up new computer, eliminating Parallels and VM

My late 2007 MacBook pro (OS X 10.5.8) has a virtual WIndows XP machine using Parallels.  It came with iLife software and is backed up to an external hard drive using Time Machine.   It’s losing some functionality (optical drive, keyboard) so I bought a new-to-me Macbook pro (mid-2009 model, with OS X 10.8.2) which has additional software I would like to keep.  I’ve decided that I don’t need XP on the new MacBook Pro, so want to eliminate that when data is transferred.
If I use Time Machine to set up the new computer, I suspect that it will automatically partition the hard drive and give me Parallels and XP.  I also suspect that it will write over everything on the new machine and I’ll lose access to the new software programs (Word for Windows, etc.) that came with it. 
So... How do I retain all the new software that came with the 2009 MacBook Pro, while transferring everything EXCEPT Parallels and XP from the 2007 MacBook Pro  - including  iLife which came installed on the 2007 MacBook Pro?

Thanks for clarifying about partitions, and Parallels as a disc image.  Very helpful.  Uninstalling Parallels should do the trick.
If I migrate the old machine to the new one, that should bring my iLife along.  But will it replace the OS X 10.8.2 with the older OS X 10.5.8?  Will it eliminate the new software currently on the new machine?
Alternatively, could I "migrate" and merge the TM contents of two different hard drives onto the new machine?  One thought I have is to buy a new, larger HDD, install it in the new machine.  Then migrate elements from each of the old hard drives: From the new machine migrate OS X 10.8.2 and the new software, and from the old machine migrate the iLife software and all my files, email, etc.  Is that possible?  If so, how to do partial migrations?

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