On 8 May 2005, at 7:28pm, Craig Ringer wrote:

What's the best way to transfer all the stuff we want to keep from the
present imac to one or other of the notebooks?


Apple's built-in tools to do it over FireWire, probably.

Apple's Migration Assistant software enables you to transfer all prefs, apps etc from old Mac to new Mac via Firewire. It is simply magic.

Have you ever seen Leunig's cartoon where the new dog digs up the old dog, during a weekend backyard barbecue, sharing a cask of Coolibah?

Regards

Reg