Help Before I Buy an iMac

I have an HP Desktop and I'm ready to convert to the iMac. I have a question:
I would like to purchase the iMac, partition the hard drive and install windows XP on it, move EVERYTHING over from my HP to the partitioned drive to the windows side of my Mac, so that I won't lose programs I've had for years, etc.
Is that possible ???

Your data files such as you music, photos, MS Office files etc are probably saved in your "My Documents" folder on your PC. My recommendation is to move the contents of that folder onto an external HD, when you get your new iMac and load Windows simply move all those files from the external HD to your iMac. It's just a drag and drop process. When you load Windows on an iMac it runs identically to your HP machine (well it's probably going to be faster than your HP) so it's really no different than buying another HP, Dell, Toshiba, etc Windows box.
Also if you buy your iMac at an Apple store inquire to see if they will provide this service to you.
You might get some useful hints from these links:
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
The application software is products such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop etc if you have a license and want to move it to your new iMac you will have to do an installation just like you did when you bought the software and ran it on your HP. Obviously you need to have valid licenses and need to understand what each application's license allows you to do. Every software manufacturer is a little different. For example Microsoft's basic license allows the use of the software on one machine only, however if you are moving to a new machine you need to ask Microsoft how to do that.
BTW when you ask us to elaborate it would be helpful if you told us what to elaborate on.

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