Moving from Windows to Mac

I have recently purchased a MacBook Pro, and would like to move my iTunes music library from my Windows Vista machine to the MacBook Pro. What should I be prepared for? I thought it would be an easy matter of taking my iTunes library and copying it over to the MacBook Pro, and then pointing iTunes to that folder to find the music library. I've heard that there might be some compatability issues between what is currently installed on my iPod for Vista OS and what will be needed to read it from a MAc OS. Does anyone have any suggestions or information about making such a switch?
thanks,
Ken

These pages may be of some help:
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