Moving from IMAP gmail to Google Apps for domain

I've got a gmail account that I use to check my IMAP mail from my domain right now and its working OK. I want to move to using开发者_如何学编程 google apps for my domain so i dont have to setup accounts etc using my hosting company. Can I do that with my existing google account or do I have to loose my gmail and get a brand new account etc setup again?

I believe this question should be for SF or SU.

Anyway, if you want to use name@yourdomain.com, it has nothing to do with your name@gmail.com. They will be independent.

More G.apps FAQ here, read "How is Google Apps different from a free @gmail.com account? ".

I've been through the process, and although I didn't actually want to tie my @gmail.com account to the Google Apps domain, I didn't see any way this could be done.

I've been very happy with the result, FWIW.