Transferring data from 3GS to iPhone 5 without original laptop

My wife has a 3GS which was kept in sync with a laptop running xp. This laptop has died and she has just taken delivery of an iPhone 5. She can use my mac and would like to migrate from the 3GS to the iPhone 5. I have never done this before but my theory was to plug the 3GS into my iTunes and right click and complete backup. Once this is complete I was going to plug in the 5 and set it up as a new phone restoring the backup as I go. Is this the best plan or is that not possible ?
I presume she will need her own user profile setup on my mac so that she can have her own iTunes setup and not disrupt mine
Any advice welcome
Nick

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