One ring to bind them all (iTunes library, iPods)?

I own 3 ipods (shuffle, shuffle, shuffle , an iPhone, an MBP and a Win7 PC. I would like to be able to store all my music in one place, access it from either MBP or Win7 (including buying songs). I would like to be able buy songs from whichever computer I'm sitting at, load new songs onto whichever music player I'm currently using from whichever computer I'm sitting at without being told the ipod needs to be erased if the last sync wasn't from that computer (how stupid is that?).
Is this asking too much? Do I need to wait for Google to solve this?
Message was edited by: Dabbler

Three words: Network attached storage. Copy the iTunes Music and iTunes folders to an NAS, then point each copy of iTunes to the network share. You won't be able to access the library using both computers at the same time, but you should be able to do everything else you want to do.
Feel free to ask if you want details on how to do this.

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