Transferring Library from a Mac to a PC

Hi everyone! This community has been great in the past with all my computer needs, so lets see if anyone can help with this one:
I've been a Mac user forever, but I'm in college now and my school required me to buy a Windoze-running notebook. I have Over 2600 songs on my iMac back home, but I really want all these songs on my notebook too. Anyone know the best way to do this?
Thanks a bunch in advance,
-Dave

If the ENTIRE iTunes folder (not just the media folder) resides on the NAS do the following:
Close iTunes.  While holding SHIFT launch iTunes.
When prompted, point iTunes to the iTunesLibrary.itl in the iTunes folder on the NAS.
If the ENTIRE iTunes folder does not reside on the NAS, again, copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.

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