Migrate iPhone 4 from PC to Mac

I've done a fair amount of searching over the past few days and I seem to be unsuccessful at finding the information I want. I'm sure this is a very common question however.
Having read some of the discussions, I have upgraded to iTunes 10.5.2 (11) on both my PC and MacBook Pro as well as upgrading to ios 5.0.1 on my iPhone4.
I just recently purchased a new MacBook Pro and I would like to ensure I still have my information (contacts, notes, music, apps, etc.) when I move from my old PC, which I wont be using with my iPhone4 anymore.
From what I've read, I understand that I need to copy the backup of my iPhone4 from the PC and move it to the Mac. This is where I am stuck at the moment. I am currently running Windows XP on my PC.
The only file I can find that might be the backup file is called APPLEMOBILEBACKUP.EXE-3A38FF8E.pf which is located in C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch and is 60 KB. I can't see that being the file I am looking for though.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
David

Strange, but true... in my situation.
I use Thunderbird for my calendar which is sync'd with google calendar.
As far as copying iTunes, I also have "Logs", "Preferences", "Safari", "SyncServices" and "WebKit" folders listed in the same area.
I'm finally sensing some relief coming in getting this over with!
David

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Hi this username has already been taken,
If you are looking to migrate all of your files from your Windows machine to your Mac prior to resyncing your iPhone, you may find the steps outlined in the following article helpful:
Switch Basics: Migrate your Windows files to your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2518
About Windows Migration Assistant
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796
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iTunes: About iOS backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
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