Multiple devices/apple ID's one laptop

Hi
can someone help me, i have an iphone 5 my wife has a iphone 4 and my son has a ipod 5th generation
im purchasing a laptop and am wondering the following :
can we all use the one itunes but each be able to backup or own information?
i.e if i attached mine i can back it up and manual add music and then my wife can do the same with her phone
is this possible we can use one itunes to manage all our own devices?

You can do anything you want with one iTunes, but:
Devices names must be different.
Don't sync anything under "Info" tab like Contacts Calendars etc. These info must be synced over iCloud. (Use a different Apple ID for each device)
Use the Same Apple ID for iTunes and App Stores settings in all iOS devices.
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