Converting from a PC to a Macbook Pro - some questions

Hey guys. I'm a long-time PC user who has finally given up on PCs and am very seriously considering buying the Macbook Pro 15-inch.
I'm relatively clueless about Mac issues and especially about transferring my data from PC to Macs, so I would appreciate some help on the following:
1) How do I transfer my files from my current hard drive to a Mac? Is there some sort of wizard that can sort my data for me?
I have a hard drive with years of documents, software, old backups; and I understand that I can bascially plug and play via USB. However I have absolutely no clue what files should goes to which locations on a Mac.
2) Should I bother getting the discrete graphics version?
I do some products/marketing graphics design on Adobe CS3 on my PC, and some light gaming (mostly RPGs, no heavy-duter shooters like Crysis etc). I'm wondering if the integrated graphics version is enough for me.
3) Lastly, are there common issues with the Macbook Pro 15" I should know about?
Thanks for the help

Hello, One thing you may want to consider is how to view all your years of documents from your PC. Apple offers iWork and uses apps Pages (word processing) and Numbers (spreadsheet), and Keynote (presentations).
You can open your Office docs with iWork but for me, I found iWork difficult to use.
There is also Open Office (openoffice.org). I do not have much experience with this but have used it a few times to open Word docs. I haven't used it to create any docs though...
Finally there is Office for Mac. I've just recently purchased this and there are some differences from MS Office...I'm still finding them so can't give a lot of detail here..
I switched back to Mac in 06 and have been very happy. You may have already done this but go into an Apple store and play around with one. This will help you understand where to move your PC files. Or as mentioned, the Apple store will do this for you.
Then there is this forum. Lots of friendly and knowledgeable people here.
Good Luck!
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