Want to move Itunes and Ipod to other Mavc

Hi
I Love my Macbook pro, but I'm filling it to the brim with stuff for my 80G Ipod. I need to get back the space.
I have a nice G5 with a lot of hard drive space, I use it just to make DVD's of home movies. I originally stored songs on the laptop, because when I travelled I wanted my music library. Then I got my Ipod, so thats not neccessary. The Library could stay at home.
The content I want to move is all MP3's ripped from my own CD library, and some podcasts, and a few IPOD games.
I do have external USB drives I could use.
Thank you,
Joe

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