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<blockquote data-quote="bladerunner714" data-source="post: 1736325" data-attributes="member: 384867"><p>Apologies if I've selected the wrong forum; this is my first post here.</p><p>I'm planning the conversion of my mature Windows installation to macOS. A summary of my conversion plan is attached below.</p><p>Any comments or advice will be very much appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Conversion Plan Summary</p><p>Objective: Convert a mature Windows 7 installation to macOS.</p><p>The user: Retired systems and network manager. Early experience with Apple Lisa with MacWorks and Macintosh Plus with HD20; twenty-five years with Microsoft Windows from Windows 3.0 through Windows 7. Current experience with iPhone 6S Plus.</p><p>The installation: Three Windows 7 systems on a secure, private LAN. Storage includes twenty-five year archive of personal files including financial records, correspondence, digital images, music and miscellaneous documents of all kinds. Substantial commitment to Outlook 2003 POP3 e-mail client, Calendar and Task Manager, Word, Excel, Quicken and Photoshop.</p><p>The philosophy: Build a macOS installation to provide functionality similar to the existing Windows 7 installation. Key to the conversion is NOT to match application for application but to implement the required functionality.</p><p>The plan: Install a Mac mini of sufficient capacity to be run side by side with the main Windows 7 system. This should allow the two systems to share an exiting 27 inch monitor through an HDMI switch, to share files across the network and to provide a backup facility for the Mac using existing (but not shared) USB-3 external drives. Conversion can then be managed at a comfortable pace, function by function, until the Windows 7 system(s) are no longer needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bladerunner714, post: 1736325, member: 384867"] Apologies if I've selected the wrong forum; this is my first post here. I'm planning the conversion of my mature Windows installation to macOS. A summary of my conversion plan is attached below. Any comments or advice will be very much appreciated. Conversion Plan Summary Objective: Convert a mature Windows 7 installation to macOS. The user: Retired systems and network manager. Early experience with Apple Lisa with MacWorks and Macintosh Plus with HD20; twenty-five years with Microsoft Windows from Windows 3.0 through Windows 7. Current experience with iPhone 6S Plus. The installation: Three Windows 7 systems on a secure, private LAN. Storage includes twenty-five year archive of personal files including financial records, correspondence, digital images, music and miscellaneous documents of all kinds. Substantial commitment to Outlook 2003 POP3 e-mail client, Calendar and Task Manager, Word, Excel, Quicken and Photoshop. The philosophy: Build a macOS installation to provide functionality similar to the existing Windows 7 installation. Key to the conversion is NOT to match application for application but to implement the required functionality. The plan: Install a Mac mini of sufficient capacity to be run side by side with the main Windows 7 system. This should allow the two systems to share an exiting 27 inch monitor through an HDMI switch, to share files across the network and to provide a backup facility for the Mac using existing (but not shared) USB-3 external drives. Conversion can then be managed at a comfortable pace, function by function, until the Windows 7 system(s) are no longer needed. [/QUOTE]
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