How to update ipod touch to iOS 5 on a new computer

When i bought my ipod touch it was synced with my laptop. This laptop has since died and i need to link my ipod with the family computer. This is fine for adding songs etc but now i need to update to iOS 5. When it is plugged in to the family mac it says in order to not loose everything plug it into the original computer to update... What do i do as the original computer no longer exists and i dont want to loose all apps etc....
Thanks

Just note that the backup that iTunes makes does not incklude te apps themself, music, synced photos and some other stuff.  See:
iTunes: About iOS backups
stevejobsfan0123 wrote:
I updated a friend's iPhone on my Mac. He had previously synced to his own iTunes library. However, before the update, MY iTunes did a backup for his phone, and when the update was complete, everything was restored from that backup, so no data was lost.
There are third-party prgrams like those discussed here to trnasfer non-iTunes purchased music to a computer.
Copy music from Ipod to new computer...: Apple Support Communities
After you transfer the stuff to the computer then make a backup of the iPod by connecting the iPod to the computer and right clicking on the iPOd under Devices in iTunes and select backup. Then restore the iPod from that backup.  The restore will update the iPod.
The following syas what happens when you just update the iPod on other than its syncing computer.
iOS 5: Updating your device to iOS 5

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