ITunes library transfer question

Everyone,
I create a Libary on my MacBook Air it has 2000 songs. I want to move this to my Mac Book Pro machine and then Sync it with a new purchased iPod Touch. Can this be done and how. Do I just copy the iTunes Media folder?
I tested this and it copied to my Mac Book Pro by coping the iTunes Media folder at the file level to the Music ITunes folder on my Mac Book Pro held down the option key and selected the library. It opened fine on my Mac Book Pro just fine. Then I decided to test coping it to a device. I have a very old iPod I choose some songs and sync it. Worked fine can listen to the music on the iPod but when I go to iTunes all the music from the iPod is grayed out. I can play it from iTunes. WHY?
Steps that I want to do
1. I create my iTunes library the way I want it on my MacBook Air.
2. I copy it (is there a special way) to my MacBook Pro open iTunes holding down the option key choose this library and it should work where I can play music in iTunes.
My exact question is this.
If I purchase a 32GB iPod Touch can I plug it into my Macbook Pro and Sync it and it will copy the music over will the music from my library play and work on both in iTunes and on the newly pruchase iPod Touch.
I am trying to fine this out before purchasing the iPod Touch.
Are they coming out with new modeled iPod Touches in Oct? Should I wait is my question.

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and here http://www.myfirstmac.com/index.php/mac/articles/how-do-i-move-my-itunes-library -from-pc-to-mac-and-keep-my-settings-intact/
and here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

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Okay, let me try to be as clear as possible...
I keep my iTunes library on an external firewire drive.
I'm preparing to transfer all operations, including iTunes, to my new Macbook (from my old eMac)
Prepping for this move, I noticed that at some point imported music stopped going to my external drive and started going to my eMac drive.
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jsguntzel,
Welcome to Discussions.
Prepping for this move, I noticed that at some
point imported music stopped going to my external
drive and started going to my eMac drive.
This might have happened when running iTunes with the
external drive not yet mounted/attached.
iTunes has to have a folder to store the next ripped
CD and will reset the 'iTunes Music folder location'
to the default location (on your internal disk) if it
doesn't find your 'iTunes Music' folder.
I want to transfer all the files from the eMac to
their rightful home on the external drive.
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(Preferences>Advanced>General) to the folder
containing your music on the external disk.
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Advanced menu in the menubar.
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MacBook.
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here: What are the iTunes library
files?
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M
17' iMac 800 MHz, 768
MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iTunes 7.0.1
Thanks for the very helpful reply. Worked like a charm!
All the best,
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