Transferring from laptop to laptop?

I'm upgrading to a desktop (imac) and want to give my laptop to my spouse (whose laptop is on the fritz).  After I run migration assistant (or whatever they are calling it now) on the new iMac to get my stuff from Laptop 'A'  onto the desktop, what's the best way to get Laptop 'B' onto Laptop 'A'?  Is migration assistant built in?  Best to do a total wipe of the drive and reinstall 10.7?
Any advice appreciated.

That should be easy then. Connect both MacBooks with an Ethernet cable (doing it wirelessly is slow) and run Migration Assistant using this article as your guide.. Once her data is there you can, if you wish, delete your account.
Best of luck.

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