Syncing two iPhones one iTunes

Ok, I have read many topics on this but I want to get it right before I do anything dumb. My wife and I both have iPhones. I have been syncing mine to my mac from the beginning. She has hers set up on her PC, now the question is she has no cd drive and wants to get music on her iphone. So I just thought we could sync hers up on my iTunes and that way she could just go forward with my computer from here on out. Well the problem is how do you keep her contacts and such separate from mine? And every time I plug hers in, my iTunes wants to erase all her content. How can I get around this issue? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Iphone will sync itunes content and pics from one computer and only one computer.
When you sync to another, it will indeed erase the content from the iphone and replace with content from the new computer.
She can sync contacts, calendars with one computer and itunes/pics with another.
Make sure that both computers are not set to auto sync. Then deselect sync contacts, calendars, etc on the mac, and select sync music on the mac.
Do the opposite on the pc.

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