PC to Mac file integrity / transfer

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Alright, my mother is going to buy a powerbook 12'' this weekend. I myself bought a powerbook 15'' a few days ago, but I don't have any files I need to transfer from my PC (which I will keep) to my laptop, save some music.

My mother, however, plans on replacing her PC with her new Mac, which means she wants to transfer any and all important information from her PC to her Mac. My question is as follows:

My mom has e-mail contacts and e-mail messages she would like to save. She uses Outlook 2003. What is the best / easiest way to transfer all of her contacts from her computer to her new Mac? My initial plan was to save her contacts as vcard files and then burn them to a CD, but is there any easier, less time-consuming way? Thanks!

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There is a setup assistant at the end of the installer, i've never used it myself, but maybe it'll be some use?

As for burning CD's, why not simply network the computers with a crossover cable and transfer them?

Mail does have an 'Import' option for Outlook Express and 'Other' I don't know how that'll work with the email archives she has.

Good luck with it though, I am sure she'll appreciate it, in the end.

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Don't even need a crossover cable, OS X is auto-sensing, meaning you can use a regular cable to connect two computers

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Actually it's the network cards in modern Macs that are auto-sensing, not the OS, but otherwise you are correct.

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