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Old 10-12-2015, 02:42 AM   #24 (permalink)
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The scenario was simple data transfer. Being able to see successful transfer before letting go of the older machine, generally.

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No, it did not happen as promised. [...step two...] I`m perfectly happy with how it has held up. My chief b*tch is that I need to spend time researching something that I honestly have no interest in...
What I'm hearing is that you got 10 years of service life from a machine that's reached the end of it's service life without having to know much at all, and you've decided since all your friends have had to learn all these tricks, and likely replace the machine every 18 months, you will join them instead of just getting a new Mini. But the Windows people who will be so helpful can't, so now you're looking to pay someone to put you in the place you want to be.

What this shuts out of the conversation is the migration tools Apple provides to move data from the older machine to a newer one.

Migration Assistant
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350

Transfer Mode
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH13842?locale=en_US

I'd just get a new Mini if it were me and go with what you know, but what did you think of the Tom's Hardware article? There are iMac-like all-in-ones, and traditional boxes full of card slots, but I like the slotless headless designs.
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