Transferring stuff from an ibook to a new Macbook

Hi
I'm going to buy a macbook. My girlfriends got an ibook with loads of photos etc. on that I want to transfer over to my new Macbook when I get it, what's the quickest easiest way of doing this?
Many thanks!
Jim

Hi
Thanks for your quick reply!
Obvious answer to these probably, but I'm assuming first it's not a problem that one computer is registered to one person and the other will be registered to a different person? Second I'm assuming stuff is just copied over and not actually wiped from the original source?
What wire to I need to do this?
Thanks agains!

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