Sync one iphone with two pc,

I have an iphone 3gs and i have a new pc at home along with my laptop, the itunes that I have always did the sync with my iphone is on the laptop so if I use itunes on the new pc, with the same iphone it says that if I sync all the music, or apps, contacts whatever that are on the iphone with be deleted and replaced with the data that is on the itunes on the new pc, but there are none on it. no music or apps or photos nothing. so I thought it would copy what is on my iphone now and put it on the new pc, or at least with home sharing turned on, i would have all the same music and apps and stuff that i have on the old pc now, but that does not seem right? or is it? or how can I make this work?
thanks for any help.

This is exactly right.
The iphone will sync itunes content and pics with one and only one computer at a time.  If you sync to another, it will indeed erase the current content and replace with content form the new computer.
You need to put everything on one computer and sync from there.

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