Itunes + Switching Library from PC to MAC

I've been reading the FAQ's on iTunes, and I've notived it only has guides that shows how to transfer your music from PC to another PC or Mac to Another Mac.
I'm buying a MacBook Pro this week, and I want to keep all my music, is this going to be possible? If so, can anyone point out a guide in which I can do this?
Thanks,
Alex

Copied from http://www.ehmac.ca/showthread.php?t=23676:
"From the Finder:
Help: Mac Help
Select: New to Mac OSX?
Select: For Windows Switchers
Select: Transferring Files from Windows to Mac
Select: More about transferring files from Windows to Mac
Select: Transferring your Music from a Windows computer
Do the stuff they say to do.
If you have music from the iTMS on your PC be sure to deauthorize the PC (from within iTunes Windows) before you try to play that music on the new Mac. It will save you grief later.
On Windows:
Pathname:
My Documents\My Music\iTunes
Find the files:
iTunes library.xml
iTunes 4 music library.itl
Be sure a copy of both is in your iTunes folder you transfer, or just copy them to the Mac if you've already copied the music over.
On the Mac, go to:
iTunes: File: Import
... and browse to the file you copied from Windows:
iTunes Music Library.xml
If the extension is different (ie .txt; sometimes it changes when transferring across platforms) just edit it to .xml before you try importing.
The .xml file should import fine; it's the same format and is named exactly the same way on both platforms (don't ask me why I have two different names in my example above; I found conflicting information; but it doesn't really matter. Use whatever you find there as is). That's where you library data (playlists, ratings, etc) resides."
Hope that helps.

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