Transferring from MacBook Pro to iMac

I'm thinking about purchasing an iMac, currently I have a MacBook Pro. I don't want to get rid of my MacBook Pro, but I want to transfer everything over to the iMac since it has way more storage space and use that primarily at home and use my MacBook Pro for work related things. Is it pretty easy to transfer everything over- will it also transfer programs? For instance, I have word, excel, and powerpoint on my MacBook Pro and want those on my iMac but I got those from an old roommate so no longer have access to the discs.

You can back up to a hard drive with time machine. This will restore your everything and remmber the way everything was. When finished backing up, plug in to the iMac, go on time machine, and click enter time machine. It should be straightforward from there on.

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