Two different iPhones and two differnt iTunes on one Mace Pro.. best parcti

We have a 3G and a 3G3. I have a Leopard Boot drive and a SL Boot drive, both with the latest version of iTunes. I have some questions:
1. Will 2 installs of iTunes run on the same computer each on different boot drives (either one or the other will be running but NOT at the same time...)
2.When you run a backup of your iPhone using iTunes does it back up the phones contacts to the Address book or to somewhere else? Will a restore of the iphone backup restore the phone's contacts if address book was empty?
I was thinking of using Leopard / address book to BU one iPhone and SL for the other as we do not want to merge contacts. Is there a way to use one iTunes to back up both iPhones yet not merge all contacts in Adress book?

Phone contacts will back up to the address book, but just create two contact lists for you and your wife:
File - Create Group
Updates made on your phone can be ticked to update to your individual contact list too. Another bonus of using one itunes account is the sharing of paid apps

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