Virgin Mac and trying to get his PC itunes onto his powerbook?

Hey everyone,
I have finally become a part of the Mac world. I have a sister and two friends that have had Mac's for a couple years, and are totally obssessed with them. I finally got my first Powerbook this week.
I was just curious how to transfer my old itunes and playlists from my PC to my new Mac? I have read numerous old posts but they all give different piece of advice on what to do and what not to do. I dont have an external hard drive....... and I dont know what version Ipod I have........ its a 20BG with a click wheel....... it came with itunes 4 and the 30GB video Ipod came out a couple months after I got it.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks a bunch, I'm looking forward to see how much better my Mac is than my old PC.

Does this article help you?
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/migrate/

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