Two iPods, two separate libraries on one computer?

I have an 80G Classic and a big library on my computer. Bought a George for music and want to use the Classic as a dedicated iPod for the George, with a new library that will contain some but not all of what is in the current library. To this end, I was thinking of setting up a new user on my computer ("George", of course) and downloading iTunes under that user account. Then I am going to buy a new iPod for portable use, and want to sync it with the current account/library. Questions:
1. Will the current account recognize and sync with the new iPod automatically, or will I have to do something different.
2. Do I have to re-name the Classic under the new account?
3. What is the easiest way to move music from the old library to the new one?
Thanks in advance for your time and knowledge.

I was thinking of setting up a new user on my computer ("George", of course) and downloading iTunes under that user account.
iTunes is installe donly one time on a computer.
All users will use th esame application but eac user will have their own library.
Just create the new user and launch iTunes.
1. Will the current account recognize and sync with the new iPod automatically, or will I have to do something different.
Yes it will recognize the iPod but it will ask if you want to erase and sync what is in the new library. You need to add all the to the library and then sync the iPod.
2. Do I have to re-name the Classic under the new account?
Only if you want to.
3. What is the easiest way to move music from the old library to the new one?
Copy \oldUsername\Music\iTunes\ folder from your old account to a Shared folder.
Then open the new user and copy the \iTunes\ folder from the Shared folder to \newUsername\Music\.

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