How to authorize a computer without Internet access?

Hello,
I do not have Internet at home. My setup consist of a portable Powerbook G4 to access Internet from cafés. At home, I have a mac mini connected wirelessly to 2 hardrives (through Airport extreme) on which all my music files reside.
Although my Powerbook is authorized to play all purchases from iTunes store, the mac mini is not authorized because it is not connected to the Internet.
My Internet needs are very small (some emails, some web search and the occasional purchase from iTunes music store), so I have no need to pay for a service that would turn very expensive and very few benefits.
Any suggestions towards authorizing the mac mini without conecting it to the Internet would be appreciated.
Thank you.

I don't want my laptop connected to the internet EVER.
For reasons of both security and demarcation of function, I keep my laptop entirely off the internet. However I do still want to have my music and videos with me when I travel. I don't want to have to put internet software onto my laptop just so I can connect ONCE to register the computer with iTunes.
If only there was a way to register the computer on my itunes account without connecting to the net. Can't I simply register the computer by plugging in some unique identifier for my laptop? Surely the chip has a unique identifier or something? They can still limit how many computers I have my music on.

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