How to share iTunes on Mac and PC?.............

I apologize if this has been asked and answered. I did a search but was not able to find anything difinitive. Here is the situation: I do not currently have a Mac but am going to get one after Leopard is released. I currently have 2 PC's (a desktop and a laptop). I want to network all the computers and share the iTunes library. As it sits now, the desktop PC has the library and the big hard drives (I am looking to get a Mac Mini). What I want to know is, what is the best way to share the library across platforms? Can the Mac read the PC library? Can the PC read the library if it was on the Mac (if I were to add external storage to the Mini)?
Thanks to anyone who can help.
Mac Mini   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Desktop PC with Win XP Professional

Hey Bryan,
You'll be able to share your library with your future mac & your two other pc's. You have to enable file sharing on all three computers, then you have to go to iTunes preferences, and enable file sharing and looking for shared folders. You'll then see the music libraries from any of your computers in the shared music folder in iTunes. You don't need to transfer any of the music to a different computer to do this either. Also, you may have to play around with your firewall to get that to work.
If you want to take files from one computer to another, you'll be able to do that also once you have your network set up correctly.
Additionally, you can either set up a wireless network or an ethernet network; it's only a matter of preference.

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