Transfer info from Dell to MBP

I just got a MBP and I need to take all of my info off of my Dell and put it on my MBP. How do i do that???

San Antonio,
Let me ask about iTunes, which I want to use my library of tunes from an external firewire drive. They are there as I had problems with a PWB and installing Tiger in April. Now I'd like to use it with MBP, AND retain my playlist titles! Is that posible, or do I need to recreate the playlists titles, while the library remains in the external.
I MBP is slow in Safari, and I am trying to minimize stuff. My iTunes library is about 12gb of music.
Next, I am trying to plan to be in San Antonio in January for convention! Any suggestions? I was trying to email direct. [email protected]
Thanks, George

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