ITunes on more than 1 PC

I am buying my daughter a new laptop. It will be wirelessly networked to our main PC. The main PC has iTunes installed and I want her to be able to use the iTunes account on her laptop and be able to manage her own music and purchase from the store.
Is this possible and if so, how?
Thanks

If there are tracks on the main PC that you want to have on the laptop, you'll need to copy them there. <<<</div>
That is one option. The option I like better is to do the following:
1) Put all music on the "main PC." You might want to consider separate file folders (directories) for music "beloning" to different people in the house.
2) Since you are networked, set the above directories as SHARES, then find the share (directory) on the Laptop (My Network Places), and then map that share as a letter drive, like M:\
3) In the ADVANCED tab within iTunes, point to the music files to the files, like M:\My Music\iTunes
-- e-John

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