What order do I install airport, iLife, iWork, MS Office, & do Migration

I have an iMac and just bought a MacBook Pro. I used the setup assistant on the MacBook Pro and created a user account, but did not setup anything else (internet, email, etc -- will do later). The user account name & password is different from my iMac -- although I am the same user for both. I didn't know if the same name on each was a big deal so I opted for two different names.
I purchased iWork and iLife for my iMac.
I purchased the following for the MacBook Pro : Airport Extreme Base Station (and for the iMac also, obviously), iWork, MS Office (already have another license of MS Office on my iMac).
I also plan to use the migration assistant to copy information from my iMac to my MacBook Pro.
Here's the deal, in what order do I "do" all of this:
A. Install Airport Extreme Base Station for iMac and MacBook Pro
B. Use Migration Assistant to copy information from iMac to MacBook Pro
C. Install iWork on MacBook Pro
D. Install MS Office on MacBook Pro
E. Install iLife on iMac
F. Install iWork on iMac
Thanks for the info ...
MacBook Pro

I second Peter's recommendation not to use Migration Assistant to transfer from a PPC machine to an Intel Mac.
Migration Assistant can carry over things hidden away in your Library, for example, that can cause stability problems and that may well be responsible for some of the heat complaints.
It's more work but safer to set up the MBP from scratch and to install only applications that you've checked as compatible with the MBP. Then you can copy over your data files for those applications from the PPC computer.
I didn't use Migration Assistant and installed only the programs that I really need, and which are compatible. My MBP has been rock solid; not a single system panic, freeze or crash since March 30. And only one application crash (an OCR program that I configured wrongly after installation) that's never been repeated.
And for what it's worth, I don't have heat complaints, either.

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I just purchased a MacBookPro after having a MacBook. I have ILife, IWorks and Office for Mac. How do I get those programs on to my MacBook Pro? I will still use my MacBook at work so I need those programs to remain on it as well.

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