Updating to iOS 6 using clean install on a different machine to the one I sync with

Hi,
Slightly confusing situation here, but one for which I can't get a reliable answer out of AppleCare.
iPhone 4S, running latest version of iOS 5, currently syncing with my Mac mini. I want to:
1) Perform a clean install of iOS 6
2) Change all syncing from the Mac mini to my Mac Pro
3) Restore all the data from the pre-update backup, so that I'm back to where I was pre-update, albeit with iOS 6 instead of 5.
I have made a backup of the iPhone on my Mac Pro. It's running iTunes 10.7 and OS X 10.8.2. At the moment, my plan is to:
1) Choose "Restore" from the "Summary" screen of iTunes.
My belief is that this will erase the device, and then download and install the latest version of iOS, ie. 6.
2) Choose "Restore from Backup" by right-clicking my iPhone 4S in the iTunes Sidebar
My belief is that this will restore all my data from the backup I just made, ie. prior to updating to iOS 6.
I should, by the end of these two steps, have a phone running iOS 6 that now syncs (ie. is linked with) with my Mac Pro and not my Mac mini. Am I right?
Just to clarify: the Mac mini has no data synced with the iPhone per se, but I used it for the activation process and to add some music, so the iPhone 4S and the Mac mini thus became linked. My Mac Pro is the device that actually has all my movies, music, apps etc., and I've finally got round to moving my iPhone to sync with it. Both Macs, and the iPhone, use the same Apple ID.
Thanks

Never mind, I finally spoke to a Tier 2 who grasped the issue.
Despite the process above, the Mac Pro would _not_ be considered the sync library for this iPhone. Any attempt to sync new apps, music, videos etc. to this iPhone would result in all current examples of those types being purged from the iPhone first, even if they were identical and registered to the same Apple ID.
When it comes to apps, I can think of no reason why ExampleApp v1.10 on the iPhone, registered to Apple ID: ExampleID, should be deleted along with all associated data only to be replaced with ExampleApp v1.10 registered to ExampleID when synced with a different iTunes library authorised for ExampleID. Non-DRMed media I can understand; but apps? Apple've lost me there.
If anyone can shed some light on this disappointing situation, it might give me some comfort.
S.

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