Mac + PC sharing one library on NAS...everything, works, but...

Hello,
I've been running for quite a while with one shared itunes library on my NAS (.itl file and all) so everything is seamlessly shared by my PC laptops: playlists, cover art, music, etc. The one drawback is I can only run one instance of iTunes at a time, but that's never been an issue.
So, I added a Macbook to the mix (finally)! That too works fine with this scheme (command-click when starting iTunes and point to NAS library). The only drawback is that whenever I open the other platform from the one where I last made a change or added a song (PC to Mac or vice versa), it takes a good 5-10 minutes of processing, where iTunes show a progress bar saying "updating library". Not sure what it's doing...? Arent they reading from the same file? Are there settings I should be tweaking? Like, I never quite fully understood what it means that iTunes will keep your folders organized for you, though I keep it checked. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Again, it works, but it seems faster on startup when staying on the same platform!
Thanks!

One thing to remeber is that iTunes does not store the ratings with the songs. Ratings are stored on the individual machines accessing iTunes. Two machine, two different sets of ratings.
There is supposed to be a way to keep the library file on remote drive, even then only one iTunes will be able to use the library file at the same time. iTunes is not designed for multiple users at once except for using sharing.

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