Can two users share the same mac desktop with two different iTunes accounts

I have a mac desktop, my husband and I share the mailbox for our emails but he has his itunes account on the computer. I have mine on an old mac laptop wHich is not working well any longer. Can I create a second Itunes on the desktop so we could both use the same computer yet keep our music separate

You can.
Your home account can have its own hard drive.
iTunes Media Library can be shared. Or not.
Even have your own boot drive if needed and you have different applications and configuration.
The Mac Pro and OS X are designed for multiple users. Not being limited to just one (or two, now that SSDs have found their way into iMac and laptops) has allowed more people to off load their media and data from the boot drive, which is always good.
How to import, move, and use iTunes
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes
and of course the forum for itunes for more troubleshooting

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Great, I can now answer the question myself. b noirs's reply
On 10:14am Nov 1, 2005 CDT, b noir wrote:
Subject: RE: ITunes 6 Installation, How do I select the directory?
to John Dennis1's question
On 10:58am Nov 1, 2005 CDT, John Dennis1 wrote:
Subject: ITunes 6 Installation, How do I select the directory?
held the answer:
Buegie, "How do I control location of iTunes Music Library.xml" #2, 11:06pm Oct 25, 2005 CDT
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