Will updating my iPad on an iTunes with a different account delete my apps?

My mom bought this iPad and created an iTunes account for it, and has since never touched it. I want to update it, but it's not synced to my computer nor are all the purchases on my account. As far as I know, it has never been synced to a computer since its purchase. I use it daily, and there's a ton of content on here that I can't risk losing. In order to retain my content during the update, do I have to sync it to a computer whose iTunes is the same account as the iPad? Thanks.

Not quite that simple. Syncing transfers data from the iTunes library to the iPad. And if there's nothing in the iTunes library, that's what you end up with in your iPad...  You need to transfer your Mum's iTunes library to your new computer before you sync.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

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