New computer how to transfer old system across 443

I am not really famiiliar with the technology yet, even for 'network adapters' there is a huge range in price.

I just don't want to spend money and fiind I have wasted it thats all.

If I do go for a network I would spend some effort researching it to get the best (value?) for me, that would take me some time. Incidently wireless sounds very insecure to me!!

I know a lot of things turn out to be real simple when you have done them once but sometimes when you google you pick up on all the problems people have had. People tend to post about problems more than thinks which went smoothly!!

Not trying to make things hard, but at the moment my other computer is a Cryix MII 300, would you spend money to network this? The router would probably cost more than that computer is worth now!!! So I effectively only have one computer and no real need for a network at the moment. I was thinking of giving it away when I had tranferred the data, I am only using itnow because the CD drive mysteriously works better in it, and obviously I am very familiar with it and all the data and programs stored on iit. BAsically I want to get my CD data onto DVD's so I can bin the CD's.