Help! Syncing my iPhone on a new Mac after my old Mac died

My old Mac Pro died. It's at the Apple Store right now getting a quote for repair.
I have an iPhone 3GS with the new 4.01 OS. I'm syncing it with my Macbook Pro.
When I try to sync my apps, I get a notice that mny existing applications will be replaced with apps from this (MacbookPro's) iTunes library.
I want to sync my iPhone and have my existing iPhone apps download to the Macbook pro so that I will not need to re-download over 100 apps and re-organize them.
How can I do this? How can I make the Macbook pro my new primary computer for my iPhone without having to erase or redownload my apps?
Thanks
-----------S

Well, the BEST way is to restore the new computer from the Time Machine backup of your old one. If you can't do this the FIRST thing you should do is go out and get a USB drive, connect it to the new MBP and wait for Time Machine to create a backup.
If you can't do that, make sure iTunes is the latest version, and is authorized to your iTunes store account. Then connect the iPhone but do not sync. Go to the iTunes File menu and choose "Transfer Purchases..."

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