Swapping Computers and then Restoring

I'm about to swap computers with a buddy of mine. I have this black macbook and he has the new 15 inch macbook pro. I have been backing up with Time Machine since it came out. He is going to restore his computer to the way it was when it came in the box. By booting to the OS X Leopard DVD. Then doing an erase and install. Then giving it to me. Im going to do vice versa and give this to him. When i get the MB Pro im going to turn it on and what should i do from that point to get the new MB Pro to be exactly like the one i have now? Using time machine. What should i expect while doing this also? Thank you so much.

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
If your friend does an +Erase and Install,+ and nothing else, when you start it up, the first thing it will do is ask if you already have a Mac, and give you the opportunity to "transfer" from it directly, or from it's TM backups. See the *Erase, Install, & Migrate* section of the Glenn Carter - Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine *User Tip,* also at the top of the Leopard Time Machine forum.
Be sure to note the caution towards the end; turn TM off immediately, and make sure everything has transferred properly. If you have 3rd-party apps that used installers, they may have put some things in the /Library folder that didn't get moved, including purchase keys.
When you do turn TM on, you may get a prompt asking whether you want to "continue" the backups from the old Mac. This is new to Snow Leopard, and if you get it, TM will probably do a lengthy "deep traversal" and back-up the new version of OSX, or at least the differences.
But it may simply do a new, full backup instead. If it decides to, you cannot stop it. In that case, your best bet may be to just erase your TM drive and let it start fresh.
Being a new feature, not many folks have used it yet, and I don't think there's been a case here like yours, so we're not entirely sure what it will do. TM is still a bit quirky in this area, unfortunately, so let us know what happens.
Also note that you cannot do a full system restore from your backups in this case; the new Mac Pro will not run with the older version of OSX.
*EDIT: V.K. is correct: I missed that it will have Leopard installed, not Snow Leopard. Sorry.*
Message was edited by: Pondini

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