Computer died, how do you save iTunes data to a new computer?

My 17" laptop died and with it my complete iTunes library. Wile I have an iPod, 2 iPads, and two iPhones associated with this account, I do not have any one device with all of my data housed on it... Just the dead MacBook Pro. How can I retrieve my data... Or at least most of my data?

Pull the drive and plug it into a usb to sata/ide/whatever adapter.  Unless the drive is well and truly destroyed, it will all be there on the disk.
You'll need a device something like this, depending on the disk drive interface to go DIY.  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=774365&Q=&is=REG&A=detail s
It will be frustrating if you don't have enough expertise to sort it all out.  Now that you've been burned by having no backup, maybe it is time to consider dropping a couple of hundred bucks or less on a NAS.

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