Adding/keeping music with a new computer?

I understand that it sounds like with the new features, one can transfer music from the iPhone to the computer. But am I still going to be unable to manually add imported music from my computer onto my iPhone? I'm concerned in part because my computer is about to die, and I don't want to have to put all of my old library onto my new computer in order to be able to add any newly-imported cds onto my iPhone. Thoughts?

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

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