Photoshop Elements 7.0 migration to Lightroom 5

I currently use PS Elements 7.0 on a PC running Windows XP. My catalog has about 32,000 images in it which are tagged and organized. I obviously do not want to lose that organizational structure which took a long time to establish when I move to a new platform.
I am planning on migrating to a new iMac running OS X Mountain Lion with Lightroom 5 and am looking for the best way to accomplish this. I have read that Lightroom will support photo and data import from PSE 6 through 10 in Windows, but only PSE 9 through 10 in Mac OS. What is the best way to proceed with this upgrade? I can see three options:
1. Install Lightroom 5 on the old PC and perform the data import from PSE 7 to LR 5 there, then install LR5 on the Mac and migrate the LR data to the Mac.
2. Upgrade PSE 7 to PSE 10 on the PC, transfer the PSE 10 and data to the Mac, and then install LR5 on the Mac and migrate the data.
3. Transfer PSE 7 and data from the PC to the Mac, then install LR5 on the Mac and try the data migration (don't like this one!)
Any input on best/easiest approach? Thanks!

Lightroom 5 will not install on WIndows XP.
So that's not an option.
I have not heard that the Mac version of Lightroom can only import PSE9 and PSE10 catalogs; and I am highly skeptical. In fact, I believe your statement is incorrect. Can you provide a link to where you heard this?
If I were you, I'd separate the "move to the Mac", from the issue of upgrading the PSE7 catalog to a LR catalog. You are just asking for problems if you combine these two. Once things are in Lightroom and working properly, you can move to the Mac.
So, what I would do, is install LR3 (a trial version) on your Windows XP computer, and upgrade the PSE7 catalog to an LR3 catalog. Now that everything is in Lightroom, you should be able to move everything to the Mac, relink if necessary, then upgrade to LR5.

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