MobileMe sync question

I've had my iPhone set up to sync contacts and calendar information via the dock sync. (In the "Info" tab, "Sync Address Book contacts" and "Sync iCal calendars" has been checked).
However, I'd like to start using MobileMe to sync everything so I can take advantage of push. When I go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > MobileMe account and turn on "Contact" and "Calendars", I get a message saying "There are existing contacts synced with your Mac. Would you like to merge them with your MobileMe account?"
I'm not sure what to do at this point. The problem is that I already have contacts and calendars synced from my Mac. I don't want to merge, do I? But if I leave them unmerged, will the changes I make on other devices be reflected on the iPhone?
I'm confused.

Ah, so which one of you is right?
Here's another question: when setting up a new iPhone, should I choose "automatically sync contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, and email accounts" or leave it unchecked? If I check it, doesn't that mean it will sync all of those things via USB instead of via MobileMe? If I want to use MobileMe/push instead, shouldn't I leave that option unchecked and then add my MobileMe account in the Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings and then turn on Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Find My Phone?

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