Clone PowerBook to Mini?

[PhilipTobias]

Originally Posted by dnanian

Not really, no. What you're going to want to do is ensure both computers have the exact same version of the OS, and make sure that version is at least as late as the one that shipped with the computer.

Once that's done, you can do a "direct copy", should you want.

But it seems to me that you'd be better off copying to an external drive that you could *boot* the computer from, rather than going directly to the destination drive of the computer itself. Up to you, of course!

I have a Tiger license for both computers and want both to be at 10.4.3 today.

So my strategy question remains. For the easiest, safest way to maintain both computers as clones of one another, should I:
- Use Migration Assistant for the initial file copies? Then how best to later keep both in synch?
- Use SuperDuper! to make another clone of my PowerBook to my external FireWire drive, then clone the FireWire drive to the Mac mini? Then continue smart updates from time to time?

Sorry to be a pest. But as I want to use SuperDuper! to maintain this setup, I figured I'd consult the experts before starting. Thanks. ...pt