Which windows / vista do I need

I just bought a new macbook pro. I want to use bootcamp to mostly play PC games. Which is the best windows operating system to buy?
How much space would you recommend using on the hard drive? 50GB?
I also get some powerpoint documents that I will need to edit, but I think I can do this with iwork09, is that correct?

If you're really desperate, get XP. But, if you can wait a long time, get Windows 7 when it comes out. Vista has way too many problems. Don't get Vista. Yes, you can open Powerpoint documents with Keynote 08 and 09. I would get an 80GB or 120GB hard drive, depending on how big the games are.

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