Moving files from windows to mac

Hi All,
Some time soon my son is going to buy a Mac Pro or if they come out w/ a new model I will buy a new one and give him this one which is not too old. He now uses a windows XP pc. the question I have is how do I / he transfer his files from the pc to the mac pro
Thanks
Mike

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