> One of the points of Migration Assistant is omitting the cruft: prefs that 
> can't be mapped to applications, random system files not associated with 
> either the OS or a package being migrated, etc. It helps considerably with 
> cleanup, but isn't perfect --- largely because of flaws in Apple's installer 
> architecture (if you can call it that...) So you can stretch things a bit 
> farther using it, but depending on what kinds of things you're prone to 
> install you may still find problems in the future. (Most of mine have been 
> bits and pieces of old drivers that slipped in, that weren't compatible with 
> newer OSes.)

I dunno, if anyone's pushing that envelope it's me, considering I've got Apple 
Developer builds running on my machine in question, and still haven't had much 
of an issue.

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