Two Macs with same Home Folder name

Hello,
We have a new iMac 27" to setup. I plan to use Migration Assistant to migrate files, apps, settings, etc. from our MacBook Pro 15" (OS 10.6.4). This will result in both computers having the same name for their Home Folder (the one with the house icon). Changing this name is not recommended so I don't intend to. However, will having the same name for both Mac Home Folders result in conflict problems when they are connected over our network, using target disk mode or other situations?
Thanks.
Mike

No, same usernames on different computers is absolutely fine. In fact, if you set them to have the same passwords, it's a little easier to share files between them.
One thing: If you use Migration Assistant pull over the network settings (or maybe it's just "settings", I forget) then both computers will also have the same name - one of them will rename itself computername(2), to make sure there is no confusion on the network. You can sort out the computer names yourself in the System Prefs/Sharing panel after.

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