Mac Address Book on Windows XP

I have 2 mac at home and a work computer (Dell running XP).
On my personal mac computers, my address book is full of 850+ contacts (business, friend, family, etc) and I would like to know if there is a way for me to access them from my work computer (running XP).
I don't want mobile me (too $$$) but I was looking forward to having mac address book software compatible with Windows. Is it possible?
Thanks
Matt

You can export all of your address book in a vCard file, which can be imported by most email applications. That isn't a constantly updated solution, but it will get you most of the information copied most easily.

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