Where can I upgrade Migration Assistant?

Hello, I have just bought a Macbook second hand, and realised it was 10.4.11 not leopard as the seller claimed. I do also have a macbook pro (old model, about four years old) with snow leopard installed and this mac is basiclly a back up as I think the mother board has had it on the mac book pro, but thats just another issue.
Unfortunatelly I cannot upgrade the macbook via cd as the cd drive is non responsive to any cd i have put in it, it will take a disk then spit it out about a minuit later.
The macbook pro's firewire also does not work which leaves me with the option of wirelessly migrating what I have on my macbook pro to my macbook to ensure I have a back up to continue working if my macbook pro dies.
The macbook has migration assistant v1 where my macbook pro has v.3 I read on a forum that you should ensure you have the latest version of migration but am not too sure where to find it and whether it is a downloadable upgrade as a CD will not work for me. Failing that can i use an USB to Migrate or does it have to be firewire?

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Migration Assistant is on the System Install DVD 1 that originally comes w/all Macs. There are no Migration Assistant updates per say. If there were, they would be included in Software Update.
If you did not get the System DVDs that originally came w/your comp from the seller, contact the seller for them.
If you want to install Leopard, you will need to purchase the retail DVD. Same can be purchased directly from Apple by phone 1-800-692-7753.
You can get replacement System Install & Restore CD/DVDs from Apple's Customer Support - in the US, (800) 767-2775 - for a nominal S&H fee. You'll need to have the model and/or serial number of your Mac available.
If you're not in the US, you may need to go through the regional Apple Store that serves your location to find the contact number. Here's a list of links to all of those -
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/intlstoreroutingpage.html
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