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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
A few logistical questions before making the switch
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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1005448" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>Whether you want to transfer the files yourself depends on you and what you are comfortable doing. I've been told that the Apple store employees will do it for you. How long it takes depends on how much you want to transfer over. If you have several gigs of data then it will take possibly a few hours. You can always come back to pick up your new Mac and old computer later in the day. They will probably call you when it's done. </p><p></p><p>To make things easier for them you can put all the files you want into one large folder on your PC right now. Just so you know, you can't transfer over Windows programs to a Mac. Even if you have Windows installed on your Mac, Windows requires you to reinstall programs. </p><p></p><p>The other option is to do it yourself with an external hard drive. That depends on whether you feel you are up to the task. It's not hard. Only you can answer that question.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That is a personal preference opinion. I won't say Safari is horrible like the other person because it's a good browser. I do like Firefox more and it has some built in features I like which I find missing from Safari and Chrome. They are all free so best choice is to try them all out and see which one you end up liking. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The choice is up to you like I said earlier. Do you feel comfortable doing everything yourself? The benefit of going in store is that you can ask questions before buying and talk to the Genius workers before buying. Many people on this forum are comfortable with computers and don't have a problem doing everything themselves. </p><p></p><p>Installing Windows you have to do that yourself so get another copy of Windows. As for an external hard drive, you can get any but ones with Firewire are faster than USB only hard drives. This will make your file transfers go a lot quicker. It's good to have a backup hard drive so you should get an external one no matter what. You will have to format your hard drive in order to make them work on Macs but you can ask about that later once you get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1005448, member: 140470"] Whether you want to transfer the files yourself depends on you and what you are comfortable doing. I've been told that the Apple store employees will do it for you. How long it takes depends on how much you want to transfer over. If you have several gigs of data then it will take possibly a few hours. You can always come back to pick up your new Mac and old computer later in the day. They will probably call you when it's done. To make things easier for them you can put all the files you want into one large folder on your PC right now. Just so you know, you can't transfer over Windows programs to a Mac. Even if you have Windows installed on your Mac, Windows requires you to reinstall programs. The other option is to do it yourself with an external hard drive. That depends on whether you feel you are up to the task. It's not hard. Only you can answer that question. That is a personal preference opinion. I won't say Safari is horrible like the other person because it's a good browser. I do like Firefox more and it has some built in features I like which I find missing from Safari and Chrome. They are all free so best choice is to try them all out and see which one you end up liking. The choice is up to you like I said earlier. Do you feel comfortable doing everything yourself? The benefit of going in store is that you can ask questions before buying and talk to the Genius workers before buying. Many people on this forum are comfortable with computers and don't have a problem doing everything themselves. Installing Windows you have to do that yourself so get another copy of Windows. As for an external hard drive, you can get any but ones with Firewire are faster than USB only hard drives. This will make your file transfers go a lot quicker. It's good to have a backup hard drive so you should get an external one no matter what. You will have to format your hard drive in order to make them work on Macs but you can ask about that later once you get it. [/QUOTE]
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