Is it possible to restore an iPhone backup from Windows 7 in Macbook Pro? How?

I losy my 1st gen iPhone and the Windows 7 laptop it was synchronized to. I have a full backup of the laptop on an external drive. I can see my iPhone backup files on my external drive.
Now I got the iPhone 4S and Macbook Pro. I was hoping to use my old backup so that I can retrieve back my Contacts, Messages and Notes.
Does anybody have an idea?

Yes, but the reverse won’t work.
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