Windows on Mac - what's the skinny?

Hi! I am starting a graduate program and they insist I use a PC. So, I want to run my new (beautiful!!!) MacBook Pro as a PC. I am really confused as to what is compatible with what - and I am running low on time to get this taken care of. So - what do I need, specifically for these specs in the LOWEST COST scenario:
Recommended Standard
Pentium 233 MHz or greater
64 MB of RAM
8 G hard drive
3.5" floppy disk drive
CD ROM 24x
56K Modem
Internet Explorer 6.0
7 Mb E-mail account

The lowest cost scenario would be to install Windows in bootcamp since bootcamp is free.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
However I would find out what they recommend using Windows for, is it a specific application that is Windows only or is it Microsoft Word that is available on both platforms?

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