Specific question on video capabilities

My house mate has some disabilities. She has a PC in her bedroom with a nice 17 in LCD monitor on a cart for when she is sick (frequent). I have an iMAC and am afraid that touting its praises has led her to want a Apple computer. It would make sense as the assessability virtues of OSx could make computing easier for her. Money is an issue so am considering the Mac Mini Intel Duo.
She wants to be able to run a couple of Windows games, they are fairly old; Baulders Gate and Baulders Gate II, which are quite old but run well in Windows XP. I would like to know if anyone has run these on the newer Mac Mini and if the video is up to the task. Am concerned about the smoothness of Scrolling in the 3D screen. The resolution is not all that great in this game so am hoping the Mini is up to the task.
Yes I know we can get one from Apple and return in within 30 days. But if we go through one of the online retailers that ship for free we could save quite a bit of money for her.
Thanks,
Ed

The graphics requirements are ridiculously low(From game tech specs:
* 2 MB SVGA video card (4 MB recommended for 24- and 32-bit effects)
That would not be an issue under bootcamp. There is a Mac version available, but it will not work(only runs under 8.5 to 9.1) under the current versions of OS X.
I play World of warcraft on my mini-runs nicely.

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