Connecting iPod with 5000 songs to Mac

I have a 4th generation iPod with about 2000 songs on my iMac G4 computer running Mac OS X (10.4.7) and iTunes 7.01. I have recently been given an iPod 5th generation with color screen with about 5000 songs. I also have the installation disc. This latter iPod was configured for a PC but I understand this makes no difference. I would like to install the newer iPod with all of its songs on my computer. I am not concerned with losing all of the songs from my earlier iPod since I have them all downloaded. My question is this. How do I go about installing the newer iPod without losing the songs already on it and do I need to clear all of the songs already in my iTunes folder? Is it possible to have both iTunes selections running at the same time?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
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