Sync/activate iPhone 4 - files to copy btw computers for 10.4.11 - 10.5.8

Despite all the reading I did in the past few months regarding the iPhone 4, I somehow missed one crucial point:
it requires the Mac OS to be at least 10.5.8
My current iPhone 3GS is synced to an old G5 tower running 10.4.11. That computer is going to be replaced later this month, but that doesn't do me any good today. I got my iPhone 4 this morning and discovered this when I plugged it in to activate it.
I also have a MacBook Pro running 10.5.8 and iTunes 9.2 which the G5 can connect to, but I'm unsure of the best way to proceed for syncing or copying all the necessary files from the G5 to the MacBook so I can activate/sync the iPhone 4 with it.
iTunes is currently not synced or shared between these 2 computers (related note: when I get the new desktop later this month, I'll want it to become my main computer for syncing the iPhone, not the MacBook).
Can someone tell me the best way to proceed so that I can get everything I need from iTunes (and contacts?) on the old G5, including my 3GS backups, so I can do a final sync with the 3GS on the MacBook (if that's necessary?), then connect my new iPhone 4 to the MacBook to activate it and get everything transferred to it just as if I was connecting it to the G5 in the first place? If it helps or is relevant, I also have a Mobile Me account.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Brian White3

Brian,
I have similar situation: an iBook running 10.4.11 and an iMac running 10.6.4. I'd been using the iMac, and my wife had been using the iBook; she no longer could with iPhone4. I created a profile for her on iMac, and copied her entire iTunes folder and her iPhoto folder to her profile on the iMac. I then started iTunes and iPhoto under her profile, configured them, hooked up her iPhone4 and was good to go. It seemed to work fine, and backing up/sync'ing is a lot faster.
Also, your first post mentioned contact sync'ing. Since you have MobileMe, just turn on contact sync'ing in the sys prefs, and your contacts will synch among all the different computers/profiles.
Hope this helps some.

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