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[quote=Anonymous]The advice to move to a Mac Mini is correct.  You probably can keep the same keyboard and display you have  if you wish.

First step is to make sure you have a full backup of your entire system.  That helps protect against accidents during migration to any new system.

If you can make a list of applications which you use (email, web, Photoshop, or whatever), that list would be a big help anyone you get to help.  It is nearly certain you will need to buy new copies of most of your applications.  MacOS includes a modern web browser and a modern email application and a few other things, so you might not need new copies of everything.  For most people, I would suggest getting Microsoft Office “Home Edition”, but be sure to get the perpetual license version rather than the 12-month “subscription” which will expire.

Also write down your existing Mac model name and so forth.  If unsure, take a picture of the back label of the existing Mac.

Also, if you can figure out what size disk your old system has, that will help determine a reasonable disk size for the new machine.  This should not be much harder than clicking on the disk icon.

If you buy a new Mac from the official Apple Store (e.g., at Tysons 1), they should be willing to help you migrate files (e.g., email) from your old Mac at no extra cost.  Any purchased software will be extra cost for the software, but they might install it for free on a new Mac.   Anyone can go online and make an appointment with the Apple “Genius Bar” at no cost.  I suggest doing that, AFTER you get your list of applications, disk size, etc.

My guess is Apple will help you migrate at little or no cost, if you do the homework above first.
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