Itunes on Windows laptop need to transfer to Mac Book Pro

I am new to my Mac Book Pro (4 days) and love it. However, my iTunes library is on my Windows laptop and I want to know how to transfer my iTunes account (and the songs that I have bought via iTunes) to my new Mac. There are only purchased tracks on the iTunes library, but my iPod (80gb) contains some of my CD collection as well as the purchased tracks. As I am in the process of getting my CD collection onto the iPod, I sync manually. Also, the iPod is set up to work on Windows and not Mac. Could somebody please help me and advise what I need to do, and in what order - Help! Many thanks

*my iPod (80gb) contains some of my CD collection as well as the purchased tracks. As I am in the process of getting my CD collection onto the iPod, I sync manually. Also, the iPod is set up to work on Windows and not Mac.*
Macs can read Windows drives so you should be able to connect the iPod to the Mac without any issue. One proviso is that up until now Apple has only fully supported using the iPod shuffle in FAT32 format on Mac (unless the range has been expanded to include the iPhone and the iPod Touch which I've no experience of). What this means effectively is that if you need to apply a firmware update for your iPod and you wanted to maintain the Windows format you would have to do it on a PC. If you were to try and update a Windows based iPod on a Mac it would be restored and reformatted to the Mac file system and have the Mac firmware installed.
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to load your Mac iTunes from the iPod. The transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
Senuti Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
TuneAid Mac only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac & Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac & Windows
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
There is a good general guide to switching from Windows to Mac at the following link that touches on moving music as well: How to Move to a Mac - Get your stuff from your PC to your new Mac
There are also these guides:
iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
Networking with a Windows PC
Don't forget by the way if you have purchased any tracks from the iTunes Music Store to deauthorise your old PC if you are disposing of it so you don't use up your 5 allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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