New MacBook help please i seem

I just purchased a black macbook and first question is, is it a leopard OS? Next, it came with 2 install disks which i seem to not need bc everything is running well without using them, so what are they for? And my last and most important question is, i have an iphone, and connected it and it wipes out all of my contacts everytime.. Luckily i have my old computer still so i just re sync it, is there any way that the macbook can take the contacts from my phone and just put them in the address book??

Check under *About this computer* to verify that the OS is 10.5 - but if you bought it new, then yes, it should be Leopard. For syncing - as you've learned the iPhone can be synced to 1 computer at a time for contacts & appointments so task 1 is to decide which computer you want to sync to. If it is the MacBook then you'll need to get your contacts and appointments onto the MacBook.
Open the Address Book application on the old computer and select export address book archive. Save that to a convenient location - desktop maybe. Open iCal and select Export. You have to do this for each calendar you have if I recall properly. Again, save these to a convenient location. Now copy the files to the MacBook - email them, use a flash drive or CD. The files aren't going to be large. Then import.

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You can only sync the iPhone with one Mac or PC, so your Mac is asking you to erase the device because you synced it with another Mac or PC. To avoid this, I recommend you to copy the "iTunes" folder of your old Mac or PC (in Music folder) to the Music folder of your Mac, so you'll have the same data on your Mac as the data you had on the PC.
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