Moving itunes from old pc to new mac

i just bought my first mac. i need to move my itunes library to my new imac.
my first try at manually copying the library (disk use) to my ipod failed (i didn't think to check the size of my "itunes" folder). i pretty much have my 80 g ipod full. The pc directory says that there is 86.4 g in my "itunes" folder. the 86.4 g is after i have deleted all my podcasts.
what methods are left? moving them using cd's? i tried the belkin cable/software that i used to move the rest of my user data, but it only moved my purchased music. any other ideas?
thank you in advance.

in trying to follow iinstructions from the macworld.com article 146958 "move an itunes library from a windows pc to a mac" (from my google search):
i edited itunes preferences on the advanced tab to "keep itunes media folder organized" and "copy files to itunes media folder when adding to library."
then i chose file>library>organize library. i checked "consolidate files" and "upgrade to itunes media organization."
i receieved the error message "copying files failed. the file name was invalid or too long." what file name? what casued this error?
oh, i have recalled that i have an unused maxtor onetouch ii that i can use to move the data --if i can filnd the cables. so i won't have to deal with the 80g capacity of my ipod. but, is it really true that i can move my library in 2 "trips," let's say 45g at a time? i thought this was an all or nothing shot and that the difficulty with just copying the files had to do with copyright issues.
thanks to everyone.

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