I'm new to Mac - syncing old iPhone issue

Hi. I have just bought a new iMac and tried to sync my 18month old 3G iPhone to it. iTunes is telling me its going to replace all my apps with the ones on the computer, which is none (I have a load on the phone). Does this mean i will lose all the apps? How do I avoid this?
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You need to move your iTunes library from your old computer to your new computer as the iPhone can only synch with one library at a time.

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