Feasibility of upgrading to OS X 10.5 Leopard/iTunes 10 for an iPod Touch?

I have an old, but still functional, PPC G5 that is currently running OS 10.4.11.
I recently got an iPod Touch 4G and have been syncing it with my Win7 netbook, since it won't work with my 10.4 Mac. However, the fact that I can't sync contacts without purchasing a Windows version of Outlook is frustrating, so I am considering updating my Mac to 10.5 so that I can sync the iPod Touch with it.
So I now have some questions:
If I am correct, from what I have read, my PPC can handle OS X 10.5 Leopard, right?
Will iTunes 10 work with a non-Intel mac that is running OS X 10.5 Leopard? I read the system requirements for iTunes 10 and all it said was OS X 10.5, as a minimum, but it didn't mention if the computer had to be Intel.
If I do upgrade to Leopard and install iTunes 10, what will I have to do to my iPod Touch in order to get it to sync with the Mac, since it normally syncs with the Win7 netbook?
I apologize if these questions are really basic and I thank you in advance for any and all help!

If I am correct, from what I have read, my PPC can handle OS X 10.5 Leopard, right?
Yes. Just make sure you get a retai (black label) version of Mac OS X. The installer disk from another model of Mac (grey label) will not work.
Will iTunes 10 work with a non-Intel mac that is running OS X 10.5 Leopard? I read the system requirements for iTunes 10 and all it said was OS X 10.5, as a minimum, but it didn't mention if the computer had to be Intel.
iTunes 10 will run on any computer that can run Mac OS X 10.5.
If I do upgrade to Leopard and install iTunes 10, what will I have to do to my iPod Touch in order to get it to sync with the Mac,
Unless you have nothing on your iPod but content purchased from the iTunes Store, you'll need to transfer the iTunes library from your netbook to the Mac unless you want to wipe the iPod and start over. Instructions for transferring can be found in other threads in this forum. Once the library is transferred, you should be able to just connect your iPod and it should sync as it did to your netbook.
Regards.

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