Windows XP Pro

I recently purchased a new iMac 24" with 3.06 GHz Intel Dual Core processor, 4GB memory, etc.
I was hoping to "consolidate" computers by installing Windows XP on a partition and moving my PC stuff over to the Mac to have a dual-booting system (I'll give the old PC to my kids to play with after I delete the old stuff and do a clean re-install of XP).
I purchased an OEM disc of XP Pro (SP2) 64 bit before I read the Boot Camp manual which says I have to install the 32 bit version. Before I send the package back to TigerDirect, is this true or is there a workaround? If there is a workaround, is the benefit worth the headache? I just figured with a zorkier computer I should get a zorkier OS. My old PC has the XP Home OS (via multiple upgrades all the way from Windows ME), so my plan was to use the 32 bit XP Home OEM disc (also from TigerDirect) to do the install on the PC. I want to do it legally, so if need be I'll exchange the XP Pro for another XP Home OEM disc.
Any sage advice would be appreciated.

Bryan Wales wrote:
I recently purchased a new iMac 24" with 3.06 GHz Intel Dual Core processor, 4GB memory, etc.
I was hoping to "consolidate" computers by installing Windows XP on a partition and moving my PC stuff over to the Mac to have a dual-booting system (I'll give the old PC to my kids to play with after I delete the old stuff and do a clean re-install of XP).
I purchased an OEM disc of XP Pro (SP2) 64 bit before I read the Boot Camp manual which says I have to install the 32 bit version. Before I send the package back to TigerDirect, is this true or is there a workaround? If there is a workaround, is the benefit worth the headache?
XP 64-bit is an odd OS in that few use it and XP itself is being phased out. I suggest Vista Ultimate 64-bit which is now supported by Apple.
I have been running Vista 64-bit on this MBP since the Tiger/BC Beta days. The only problem I had initially was the lack of 64-bit driver support for the networking, but I fixed that by scouring the net for drivers.
This is no longer needed. BC2.1 for Vista 64-bit is available, and Vista will have MS support for years to come, whereas XP is being deprecated.
Also, there is not update path from 32-bit to 64-bit OSs, so if you want to go 64, which I recommend, Vista is the choice.
I have zero issues with it on this MBP and find it to be an excellent OS in its own right.

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