New Mac user looking to use XP and office programs .. please

[gator3535]

Hi all,

I am a total newbie to Mac as we have just acquired an Imac 7.1Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K540) and I am interested in installing XP on a virtual machine on here se we can still use all our office programs etc.

Can someone walk me though the steps I need to follow to install Virtualbox and then get XP installed and operating with office etc. Please keep it simple .. as i am not too bright.

Cheers and thanks ..

Bruce

[mpack]

Start by reading the user manual? (download the pdf from here, or read the html version here, or find it in the VBox program folder after installation). The first two chapters should be especially useful to you.