SYNCING ITUNES

Good morning
Is my mac turning into a PC
I have two ipod touches one ipad 2, an iMac and a mac book pro
I am sncing with mobile me, I was synced with itunes before.
Why do my itunes not match?
My calendar, notes, email bookmarks all are the same with every change I make.
When I buy a song, movie ect does it mean it will only play on that device. I'm paying for this stuff, do I have to buy it again.
I am not a novice. The reason I am syncing with mobile me instead of itunes then the changes happen when I do them through the cloud accept for notes that is synced via itunes because that is the only way it works. If I do both I get double stuff accept notes, it only seems to work with itunes for syncing
This is getting frustrating. Is there a better way via buying a third party software to make everything match.
Thanks for any help you may provide

You can put the music anywhere you want it. You do not have to pay again, just transfer/copy it wherever you want it.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
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