Transferring Info From 1 Mac to Another

The MacBook I have now I bought from a friend that has everything on it; Bootcamp, Adobe, etc., but they no longer have the discs for the programs and I want to buy the new white MacBook that just came out.
My question is, is there a way to transfer all my stuff from this MacBook to the new one when I buy it? Do I have to swap hard drives? What should I do, if it is possible?
Thank you

Hi Ahdawnis,
You can use Migration Assistant to move everything over from the Mac OS X side (documents, profiles, settings, applications). That won't work for the PC side (Boot Camp partition), so you'll need to run that again or find a way to backup/clone the PC side for quick restoration.
Here's a good link to get you started - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3322

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