Macbook: is it right for me?

Hello and thank you all in advance. I need a new computer and want a Mac badly. I am starting college in fall at the University of Toledo. I have a few questions.
1) Does anyone know if the school is "mac compatible"?
2) I mostly will use it for school work, surfing the internet, blah blah blah (boring old computer stuff) no hard core games but I do plan to install windows xp on it using boot camp to play Roller coaster tycoon. Will the graphics card in the MB be able to handle that or do I need MBP?
Thanks,
Brent

Roller Coaster Tycoon is a pretty old game. Unless it's a graphics beast like Halflife 2 you should be fine. I know a couple people who play WoW on their Macbooks (I don't know how complex RCT graphics are compared to WoW, but that's an answer for you anyway)

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