50GB is a decent amount of data. Get a network hub, or better yet wireless router to get the most out of your laptop at home. Then look up creating shared folders for access between the computers.
It's always nice to have an external hard drive for back ups, but if you do not want to spend the money for another drive you can just get an external USB case for your old computer's hard drive, then connect that to your new laptop.
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