Software and itunes from PB to MBP

I just purchased a new MBP, arrives next week, and need to transfer software and data from my PowerBook G3 firewire OS X 10.2.8 that is almost dead. I may be able to transfer data with a firewire connection or have to pull the HD and use it in an enclosure like an external HD. Either way will I have trouble with my itunes account? Also, will microsoft Office 2001, and an old version of Palm desktop be supported on the MBP, or do I need new versions as I have with Adobe CS3? Any other suggestions with transfering I should know? Thanks.

If you restore everything, it will be fine, however if you simply drag and drop old files, programs, etc. over then you might have problems with the iTunes account and library.
As long as you copy the iTunes library over to the proper location and sign into your account, everything should be fine in iTunes.
As for Office 2001 and your Palm desktop software. They will run, but will not be universal binaries (so they won't run as efficiently). Since you updated to CS3, it seems that you want universal binaries, which will be a problem with Office (and probably the Palm software) at this time. The next version of Office will be universal binary, but has not yet come out.
But keep in mind, you don't need to have universal binaries, the program will just run faster.

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Close your iTunes,
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(Win XP SP2 n above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
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If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
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I see. Don't do that. I do not believe using Migration Assistant is a valid method of accomplishing what you intend.
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If you restore your old system entirely then you will have what you now have - a slow running system.
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A. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
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B. Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utilities are: Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible. TechTool Pro provides additional repair options including file repair and recovery, system diagnostics, and disk defragmentation. TechTool Pro 4.5.1 or higher are Intel Mac compatible; Drive Genius is similar to TechTool Pro in terms of the various repair services provided. Versions 1.5.1 or later are Intel Mac compatible.
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iBackup
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Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.

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