If I buy an airport extreme will it......

My music collection is on my main pc in my home office. I use itunes to stream music to my laptop in the living room, but the laptop itself has no music on it.
Here's my question. Can I use my laptop to control music to the airport extreme? Remember, the music is on my main pc, not the laptop. I have a wireless network already in place.
I understand I can get the remote to skip songs etc on a playlist, but I'd like to competely control the airport from my laptop.

Definition of VNC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC
Though if you are using Windows and are using XP Professional you can use Remote Desktop connections from your laptop to the main PC.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx
On my PCs I have used RealVNC
http://www.realvnc.com/
iFelix

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