Best setup to sync properly

I need help in figuring out the best setup before I buy the 3GS (hopefully on the 9th of July...).
What I want is to use my MacBook Pro as the computer that I connect my phone to for syncing. Also, I want the phone to sync with my MobileMe account, and also to subscribe to some other mobileMe calenders.
The problem is that my HD on this computer is not big enough to hold all my music, pictures etc. To resolve this I have a TimeCapsule at home with all my music, pictures etc. Currently I do not have my MacBook Pro's iTunes pointing to the TC music. Currently the TC gives out its location to my MobileMe account's Back-to-my-Mac feature.
Connected to the TC I also have an old MacMini (PowerPC) which has its iTunes pointed to the TC music.
So, what I need help with is how to set this up to ensure that my laptop can use the TC music, pictures and movies when synchronising to my new iPhone without causing problems to the MacMini setup.
Can anyone help?
Cheers,
Marten

Yes, I know it can only sync what it can see. But what will happen if:
1. I sync everything correctly whilst sitting on my home network and iTunes find the library on the TC
2. I sync somewhere where I do not have internet (or the Back-to-my-Mac function is blocked) - what happens? Is music, movies, photos which are stored on the TC removed from the phone? Or does iTunes just complain and move on?
3. I sync somewhere where the Back-to-my-Mac works but the internet connection is slow (ie. actually downloading everything is out of the question). In this scenario I do not add any new music etc. Will this take ages?
Thanks
/Marten

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