Running 32-bit windows via Parallel desktop in 64-bit Mac OSX?

Hi all. I am thinking about running 32-bit version of windows XP in the Parallel Desktop 9, while the macbook itself runs 64-bit Mac OS X Mavericks. Please tell me what you think and what you know about this. Thank you in advance.

You can run any operating system supported by Parallels in Parallels. Go to the Parallels site to see what operating systems are supported. I believe XP is supported. Whether your Mac is 64 bit or 32 bit has no bearing on what you want to do.

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2009 Macbook Pro, 3.06 GHz Intel 2 core, Max 10.6.8.
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
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Serial Number (system):          7302300GANE
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Sudden Motion Sensor:
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