Will Windows XP OEM edition install on Mac Book Pro?

I have done a forum search, but the answer is not clear to me. Seems to be conflicting info in other threads.
I need to run Windows on a new Mac Book Pro. My account rep at CDW said it was OK to sell me the OEM edition of Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 as long as I was buying some other non-Microsoft hardware (which I was). So I did.
Now the package has arrived and I read the Microsoft label/license, I'm afraid to break the seal and open it in case it won't install properly.
Can anyone confirm the OEM edition will install properly, just like the retail? Price is not the issue. Should I return it and buy the full retail version?

Hi Craig!
Simply put, OEM is just a form of a license but you should pay attention to what that license means.
Anything that is OEM is licensed to be used only with the "hardware" you purchased. That's why your CDW rep sold you something else. It may have been a token piece of hardware such as an Ethernet cable or electrical cord. IMHO, what he did was unethical but it's not illegal because they are technically following the rules of their reseller license. Many resellers do this with their customers unfortunately.
When you buy a new computer with Windows then that Windows license is OEM. That means its legal only for that computer. You are not allowed to transfer that copy of Windows to another computer or to a virtual machine. The hardware manufacturer (Dell, HP, etc.) is responsible for supporting you, not Microsoft. I would guess that technically CDW is now responsible for supporting your Windows installation. Do you think that will happen?
This document about OEM from Microsoft's website is fairly simply to understand <http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/e/3/4e3eace0-4c6d-4123-9d0c-c80436181 742/OSLicQA.doc>.
My advice is that you purchase a full shrink-wrapped Windows package and use that instead. You'll be paying more for it but you'll have the "legal" freedom to transfer it to any other machine once you're done using it on your current machine. I personally have no experience to tell you how OEM software will react if you try to move it to another system and activate it there.
Hope this helps!
bill

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