Transfer from G5 machine to Mac Pro

I know there must be so many people asking this but I just wanna be sure.
I am buying a Mac Pro (2.66 Ghz Quad Core) from a friend and need to transfer my existing stuff over to the the mac pro.
What is the simplest way to do it?
He says I can transfer my system drive (On a G5 machine-Tiger) onto the Mac pro by using a firewire cable and then just slot in my audio drive (into the Mac pro) and everything will work fine. Is this correct? Won't there be issues with the plug-ins etc.?
Thanks for all your help.

Chance Harper wrote:
He says I can transfer my system drive (On a G5 machine-Tiger) onto the Mac pro by using a firewire cable and then just slot in my audio drive (into the Mac pro) and everything will work fine. Is this correct? Won't there be issues with the plug-ins etc.?
Don't do this.
All your apps, plug-ins and everything else were installed using PPC code in the UB installers. Just copying stuff over will lead to all sorts of problems. Also, anything authorized via challenge/response won't work as the hardware ID is going to be different.
Take the time to reinstall everything fresh. Your library items will all be fresh and corruption-free, and you'll be much happier; it's a great opportunity to do some serious spring cleaning, and leave out junk you've installed over time that you really don't want or need. Yes, it'll take longer, but you'll land up with a cleaner, more stable system.
Your project drive is a different matter. Assuming it just contains data, you can add it to a bay and you should be fine. You might consider copying everything off the drive, partitioning it and install a clone system backup so you can try out updates and OS upgrades in the future without affecting your main system. Then just copy your project data back to the main partition. A dual-boot machine is a great time saver if disaster strikes.
Happy New Mac!

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Create the accounts in the same order they were initially created.
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