ITunes 9 Home Share

I am sure this has been asked, but I can't seem to find the post, so...
I am just curious about the difference between homeshare in iTunes 9 and the old "share my library". I would like to keep my laptop and my desktop in sync; will home-share do this (e.g. keep two copies of each track in my library on each one of my computers, making it possible to listen to my entire library while away from my desktop?) If so, what's the best way to set this up? I have 10 gb of music and don't really want to try it over the network.

Home share will allow you to copy files (drag and drop) from any computers at home that are set up to use home sharing.
It can sync files purchased from iTMS but not other files you import. You access these options from the settings button in home sharing.
Andy

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