Newbie w/i 60 days...need advise on dual OS and how to accomplish asap

Baltwo or anyone that can assist, You seem to give clear cut advise...can you help a complete newbie, less than 60 days with a 15.4 Mac ProBook, Core 2 Duo, Tiger OS X 10.4.10 I need to run dual OS systems most comfortable with Windows XP Professional. I'm a college student at 45 years old and don't have time to waste in the middle of semester. I've downloaded Word for Mac that has excell, and power point but I still have to use a thumbdrive to transfer files to my desktop Windows XP to print the darn papers. I'll like to get the software that helps me to run Windows XP Pro smoothly. Do I need to purchase Boot Camp and VIfusion both or does my Mac already have Boot Camp on it. If so how do I confirm if it has it or not. Please advise b/c this is what I think I need to do: Verify if I have Boot Camp on Mac, if not purchase Boot Camp and VIfusion to run new version of Windows XP Pro since old version won't work...I know a waste of money buying the new Microsoft word for Mac within 60 days only to have to upgrade already to use XP. I do not want to go to Vista...heard too many headaches with the system from my professors alone. I am really ignorant to the Mac but my daughter is studying Graphis Design and I am into photography and hopefully, I will be able to use my Mac for the photoshop/InDesign etc., but right this minute I need some good advice. I also can get a good discount through the university so it can save me some money. I also didn't know if I should update to Leopard and if it is necessary or just another OS like Vista is to XP. Would sincerely appreciate your advice. Respectfully, Samantha Also willing to call you personally to chat about this if it would be easier to answer some questions. I had no idea that support would be so complicated. I do have AppleCare Protection. Also I plan on putting Norton Anti-virus on my Mac to protect the Windows side of the OS. Lost in Florida but loving the lack of hurricanes thus far.

AFAIK Boot Camp beta no longer works with Tiger. It is bundled with Leopard: or you could investigate Parallels which is a more convenient solution than Boot Camp since you don't need to reboot to use it.
Put Norton AV on the Windows side by all means but don't install the Mac version - it's been known to cause problems.
Leopard is not 'necessary' but it has some interesting new facilities (and a lot of eye candy). Have a look at the Apple Site to see whether you think the extra facilities are worth having. It might in any case be worth waiting for a while for the early bugs to be ironed out (do you iron a bug?). Parallels will run under Tiger.

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