Question from future purchaser

I'm planning on purchasing a MBP this summer (my current laptop, a Dell, is nearing the end of its long -over 4 years of loyal service- life, and will probably just barely survive the Spring semester before the motherboard fails completely), and I had a few questions that I figured actual users of the product could answer better than sales people or nonsensicle tech articles.
Is it true that programs run in BootCamp run much slower than they do on a regular WinXP computer? I have several programs for my WinXP system that I would like to continue to use on the Mac without having to shell out a lot more money to buy OSX copies of (mainly Sims 2, and Lotus WordPad 95).
Is it true the overheating problem is as bad as I have heard? I have heard complaints from people that they cannot even type on their MBP because the keyboard is so warm at times. I, myself, don't even use laptops on my lap because it's bad posture for typing (English major), so if the problem isn't the keyboard, but the underside, I won't mind as much.
Does the MBP run high CPU greedy games very well? As I said, I play Sims 2 a lot (my profs can back up that statement more than I wish). And, while I can barely manage to coax my old laptop (1.4 Ghz with 512 RAM) into playing Sims 2, I would prefer a LOT better performance. It seems that there are articles about the MBP having its graphic card underclocked on purpose. Does anyone know if that is true? And if so, any way of un-underclocking it?
Is it possible to buy the MBP with the max RAM pre-installed? I'm not the best person in the world to ask to mess around and install RAM manually, and I'd rather not have to pay someone to do it for me. The last computer I installed hardware on literally burst into flames, so I'd rather not repeat that experience with a brand new MBP.
That is about it, actually. While I'm not an expert at computers by a long shot, I figure that finding my way around OSX can't be any harder that it was when I was first learning how to use Win 3.1 back in third grade.
Thank you in advance for any and all help.

Is it true that programs run in BootCamp run much
slower than they do on a regular WinXP computer? I
have several programs for my WinXP system that I
would like to continue to use on the Mac without
having to shell out a lot more money to buy OSX
copies of (mainly Sims 2, and Lotus WordPad 95).
Hardly - the Mac w/ XP is pretty much the fastest laptop (XP or otherwise) you can buy right now. Its blazingly fast.
Is it true the overheating problem is as bad as I
have heard? I have heard complaints from people that
they cannot even type on their MBP because the
keyboard is so warm at times. I, myself, don't even
use laptops on my lap because it's bad posture for
typing (English major), so if the problem isn't the
keyboard, but the underside, I won't mind as much.
I dont know how to answer that. Mine has never been hot enough that I couldn't use it.
Does the MBP run high CPU greedy games very well? As
I said, I play Sims 2 a lot (my profs can back up
that statement more than I wish). And, while I can
barely manage to coax my old laptop (1.4 Ghz with 512
RAM) into playing Sims 2, I would prefer a LOT better
performance.
No problem, the Core Duo and X1600 are a great, very fast combo.
It seems that there are articles about
the MBP having its graphic card underclocked on
purpose. Does anyone know if that is true? And if
so, any way of un-underclocking it?
It is true, and it can be clocked up pretty well.
Is it possible to buy the MBP with the max RAM
pre-installed?
Yes. It just costs more.

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