Windows XP on an iMac

I have a brand new iMac that my wife bought me for Christmas. The idea was that I could ditch my PC and start using Mac for most stuff. For the few Windows based programs I needed, I would use Boot Camp to install Windows XP. I thought it would be much easier to do, but now I am all confused. My old PC had Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2, and I have the original disks for that. I have used those disks to wipe my PC clean (reformat the HD) and reinstall with no problems, twice. When I started to read the Boot Camp instructions for installing XP on my iMac it said that XP Media Center Edition was not recommended, and that I must use XP Home or XP Professional (SP2) original full versions only. I certainly do not want to pay for a full version of XP, and I am not even sure if it is for sale any longer. Windows 7 would be equally expensive and I am unsure if my old PC programs will run on 7. Is it true I can not use my XP version?? Any suggestions on what I can do?

Thank you for the information. It is really disappointing that I can not use my Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, as I was led to believe by the sales person that ANY Windows XP that was not an Upgrade would work on my new iMac. Oh well, live and learn.

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