How do I transfer my iPhone, currently synced to a PC to sync with my Mac, which my iPad currently syncs with?

My iPhone 4 currently synchs with iTunes on my Windows PC.  I also have an iPad, which synchs with iTunes on my Mac.  I'm about to retire my Windows PC and would therefore like to switch my iPhone to synch with iTunes on my Mac.  
My Mac iTunes already has the full music and video libraries that are on my PC.  Also, I have transferred all the Apps purchased to my Mac iTunes.   I don't care much about my playlists, history, etc. on the iTunes on my PC.   
The contacts on my iPhone were previously syching with Outlook on my PC.  They are also being synched with iCloud (Contacts is turned on within iCloud when accessed from Settings on my iPhone). 
So, my question is:  can I just authorise my Mac for synching with my iPhone and then just go ahead and synch with iTunes on my Mac?  Will I lose anything on my phone by doing this?   Contacts?  SMS messages?   The photos in the Camera Roll album on my iPhone?   If not, then will Contacts, SMS messages, and the photos in the Camera Roll album automatically start getting backed up on my Mac iTunes? 
Alternatively, if I back up the iTunes libraries from my PC to my Mac (I've seen several posts about this) and then transfer it to my Mac, wouldn't I be effectively overwriting all the iTunes content on my Mac?   I have some TV shows and Books on my Mac iTunes that don't exist on my Windows PC iTunes.  In this case, would I lose these? 
I'm basically ooking for a way to consolidate all my content on the two machines to my Mac and then start using that to synch both my iPhone and iPad..... but don't want to lose my non-iTunes content (SMS messages, Contacts, the Camera Roll album)  on my iPhone. 
Any suggestions are welcome.  Please help!!
Thanks in advance! 
iPhone 4, iOs 5.1.1
iTunes on Mac: v10.6.3
iTunes on Windows PC: 10.5.3.3

Follow steps 1 ~ 9 here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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