Transfering from G3 imac to my macbook

hi, i need to transfer data ie:photo's, movies,etc to my macbook, i have no disc burner on my imac. i have read somewhere you need a firewire cable????
can i also move applications like indesign, photoshop etc.
any help appreciated

You do need a Firewire cable (6pin to 6pin) and you can use Apple's Firewire Target Disk Mode to transfer all your personal data from the old iMac (which I assume has Firewire?) to your new MacBook as well as the applications.
Actually to transfer your applications over go to Applications->Utilities and use Migration Assistant from your MacBook. You really don't want to just drag applications over unless you know you're getting the whole thing which you might not be doing.

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