2 touches one one computer

Hi, I have a 32g touch which my kids have hijacked. It has a combination of my stuff and theirs (mainly movies). I am therefore getting another 32g for them. There seems to be a few ways of having two touches with different content.
Have two playlists (this does seem to me to mean I can't add apps to playlists)
Manually sync each touch form one central library
Have two separate accounts and itunes libraries on the same computer.
Put simply I want to find the easiest way of have two touches with different content on each (movies, music, photos and apps)
At the moment I automatically sync and back up when the touch is connected, and have a separate back up on my netbook which is on home sharing
Oh, one more question will each itouch back up when connected if I manually sync.
Many thanks Sarah

Welcome to the discussions,
the easiest way would be to create a separate login for windows for your kids to keep the accounts separate.
Each device will create a separate backup as well when ever you sync or back up manually.
You can also set up different apps for each device, no matter if you're using them in different windows accounts or not.
You can also share music between different accounts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

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