Gaming - Knights of the Old Republic Windows XP or Mac Edition (Aspyr)

Hi,
We just got the new Macbook Pro 2.4 GHZ, with the NVidia 9600 GT. I've successfully installed Windows XP Boot Camp. Being an old Windows user, though, I would love to play some old games, like KOTOR 1 and 2, Warcraft III and Silent Hunter III and IV, and perhaps the upcoming Starcraft 2 and Diablo III.
However, I had a question. Would those games run in Bootcamp? Is there a site on the Internet that deals with Boot Camp gaming? Finally, would I be better to get KOTOR 1 for Mac or get both KOTOR 1 and 2 for Windows? I've read that KOTOR 1 for Mac is still not Universal Binary, and this may cause problems.
Anyway, any advice regarding this would be appreciated. Finally, I have yet to download any Windows Updates, and was wondering if any are really worth it or I should just stick with SP 2 and DX 9.0C?
Thanks!

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