Planning to buy, I have questions

Hello, I am new to this forums and the only apple thing I have is my I-pod, so sorry if this has been posted somewhere else.
I am a computer engineering student and my current IBM laptop is on its lasts (256 ram, 32 video), so I heard of the macbook and I am decided to buy one, just that there are a few things that still bother me, I hope you can answer:
1.Does boot camp supports vista?(Most of my programming apps run on windows, so I need to use boot camp)
2.Will the integrated graphics chip deliver on gaming needs(I will buy the black macbook with 2 gb on ram)? (I have world of war craft,WOW: The burning crusade and both THE LORD OF THE RINGS: BFME games)
3. Does bootcamp affect system performance?
4.Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.

1.Does boot camp supports vista?(Most of my programming apps run on windows, so I need to use boot camp)
BootCamp supports 32 bit Vista
2.Will the integrated graphics chip deliver on gaming needs(I will buy the black macbook with 2 gb on ram)? (I have world of war craft,WOW: The burning crusade and both THE LORD OF THE RINGS: BFME games)
All but the most intense graphics games run OK on BootCamp Vista and Mac OSX. the video is a shared 64 MB (Intel 950), so check the game requirements.
3. Does bootcamp affect system performance?
No system performance hits that I have seen. Many say that Vista runs better on a Mac than many other hardware platforms.

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