ITunes and new laptop

Hi, I have been using an iTunes account on a laptop which has died so I have not been able to sync my iPhone to iTunes for a while. I have been downloading songs straight onto my iPhone, I also have songs on my iTunes that are not on my iPhone because of lack of space! I am gettin a new laptop (a macbook) and I was wondering if when i sync up my iPhone would I lose all of the new music I have purchsed? Also, i have backed up most of the music from my old laptop, so I assume I will be able to add it to my new laptop? Would I lose any songs that I have not backed up?
Any help you can give me would be great. Thanks.

Assuming no change in Apple ID, all your iTunes-purchased music will be available on your new machine. So when you say "I have been downloading songs straight onto my iPhone", assuming all those songs were purchased in iTunes, there will not be any issue.
However, all other songs will have a problem. The expectation is that your new computer's iTunes library will be populated from your old computer, and not your iPhone. In fact, the only music that iTunes could download directly from your iPhone is the same music referred to above - your purchased music. So yes, you can restore the music you backed up from your old computer and lose the music you had not backed up that was not purchased on iTunes.

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Please can anyone help?! I have to figure this out by tomorrow!! :o
Cliffsnotes: _Want itunes on new laptop. Dont want to lose songs on ipod. Can't backup songs because itunes is gone from old computer. Halp plz?_
Details: I have an ipod touch. I think my dad accidentally deleted some of the software that is required to run itunes so now it won't open, or recognize the ipod when its connected to the computer. When I click on the itunes icon (which is still on my desktop) to try to open it, I get an error message that reads:
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2. Disable ALL security apps (firewall, antivirus/spyware) running on your computer.
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