ITunes library transfer from PC Vista to a new MacBook Pro

Hello, I am considering a MacBook Pro and am ready to move forward but have a fairly large music file in my PC (Vista OS) iTunes (authorized to me) file. I am interested in how to easily transfer these files to the mac so that I can stop using the PC iTunes library as my main download site and use the MacBook Pro exclusively. I am new to Apple so be gentle. "iRip" in PC terms has made some back up easier but in the conversion to Apple that is not available.?. What are the options? Thank you for any information.

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