Sorry/Help connecting to a new computer 'main'

I'm sorry, i know this question has been asked many times before but after searching through pages worth of similar subjects i still have no concrete answer.
My dad gave me his old iphone '3gs', he set this up for me on his computer. Now i have my own laptop and would like to set the partnership between the two, thus making controlling my device much simpler.
My worry is not necessarily the music, i understand all the itunes only business. But my contacts, garage band saved songs, apps etc. What will happen to these when i sync? I've connected to the laptop, i always set my apple devices to manage music manually, but as i understand it everything will be wiped once i connected to a new 'main' controller/computer. It's the contacts, pictures and garage band saves that bother me.
Please help, sorry to ask again....

You'll have to use a 3rd party app to transfer ripped (non-purchased) music to your library as well as any pictures synced to your phone from the other computer. Another option is to uses Home Sharing to import the music from the other iTunes library if it is on the same network (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819).
As far as you Garage Band tracks, I'm not sure about that since I don't use it. It it's considered App data, that will be included in the backup (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946). Unless you can get a definitive answer on that play it safe and send them to your friend.

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