OS, iOS and iTunes Compatibility

I have some iOS and iTunes updates available, but since all my gear is older, I'm getting hesitant about performing the updates due to compatibility concerns and "end-of-life" issues. I've tried searching out to see what is compatible with what, but for the life of me, I can't seem to find a straight answer anywhere, and I'm generally quite successful in my internetting.
I currently have a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 17" iMac with OS X 10.7.5, running iTunes 11.1.5 (which wants to update to 12.0.1), which is cross-synced with both an iPhone 4 (with it's final OS of 7.1.2) and an iPad 2 running iOS 7.1.1 (which wants to be 8.1).
I can't seem to find any reference as to which versions of what are compatible with everything else. If I update iTunes to 12.0.1, will it still work properly with my poor old iPhone? If I update my iPad to 8.1, will it still be compatible with iTunes 11.1.5? If I update my iPad to 8.1, will it cause syncing issues with the older iOS on my iPhone? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

I currently have a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 17" iMac with OS X 10.7.5, running iTunes 11.1.5 (which wants to update to 12.0.1), which is cross-synced with both an iPhone 4 (with it's final OS of 7.1.2) and an iPad 2 running iOS 7.1.1 (which wants to be 8.1).
Nothing is “cross-sync’d”.
advices are simply sync’d with iTunes.
If I update iTunes to 12.0.1, will it still work properly with my poor old iPhone?
Yes.
If I update my iPad to 8.1, will it still be compatible with iTunes 11.1.5?
You would now be running iTunes 12.
If I update my iPad to 8.1, will it cause syncing issues with the older iOS on my iPhone?
No. iDevices don’t sync with each other.

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