Can macbook pro use all pc products?

I am about to buy a macbook pro and someone told me that the new duo chip would allow me to play games that previously could only be played on pc's or use my creative zen vision m which will not work on a mac. can the macbook run like a pc with windows xp??
-jake

In addition to Kyle’s info, which is correct, you can also use Parallels and run Windows or other PC operating systems concurrently with Mac OS (rather than dual-boot, as with Boot Camp). While this is not an adequate solution for games and other software dependent on good 3D video acceleration hardware, it works well for most other kinds of software.
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