Stop in for a cup of coffee

what all goes into the conversion? new fixtures?
Depends on the bulbs. If you get 120v bulbs, just need power to the ends. Rip out the old ballasts and pop in the bulbs. With fixtures already in ceiling that's the easiest. For free hanging fixtures, probably just as well to just swap fixtures. One big advantage for our use at work is it eliminates the wide side reflectors that collect a lot of dust.