[dnanian]

I cover this in a lot of places on the forums, but it's because the new Mac has hardware that isn't supported by the "main" build of OS X. It comes with a special build.

So, you'll need to clean install from the original discs that came with the Mac. Then, when prompted to 'copy from another Mac', point it at the backup volume. It'll bring in your applications and data, and leave the special OS build in place.

Make sense?