Change from PC to Mac, recover from windows backup

Hi guys,
I am probably about to become a Mac-user soon.
If have previosly used Win 7 computers, but yesterday my HD died during a backup process. It is totally dead and need to be replaced.
Fortunately I have the hole content backed up a few weeks ago.
However now I think of getting a Mac instead of a PC.
However does anyone know if I can recover files from the Windows backup file directly to a new Mac, or will I have first to recover to a PC and then do the migration from there?
Furthermore an additional question - is the transfer of emails and stuff from Outlook to the Mac-mail program straightforward or...
Hope anyone will be kind enough to spend a minute or two convincing me not to replace my dead HD with a new Win 7 HD but a Mac instead.
cheers
Chritian

Heiring wrote:
However does anyone know if I can recover files from the Windows backup file directly to a new Mac
I don't do Windoze; you'll probably get better results in the +Windows compatibility forums,+ at: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=687
Partly, it will depend on the format of the external HD; OSX can read and write MS-DOS(FAT) and ExFAT volumes, and read (but not write) NTFS-formatted volumes. But there are 3rd-party apps that will.
See: [Switch 101: Migrate your Windows files or system to your Mac|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518].
Furthermore an additional question - is the transfer of emails and stuff from Outlook to the Mac-mail program straightforward or...
Some of that is covered in the link above, and a link within it.
You might also want to review [Switch 101|http://www.apple.com/support/switch101>.
There are some video tutorials, and a bunch of text tutorials here: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
Hope anyone will be kind enough to spend a minute or two convincing me not to replace my dead HD with a new Win 7 HD but a Mac instead.
Most folks who switch wish they'd done it looooong ago. There is, of course, a bit of a "learning curve," as some things are done differently. The longer you've used Windoze, the harder it will be to learn new habits.
But a new Mac will cost a lot more $$$ than a new HD.

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