Several home computers, 1 central place for iTunes?

We have:
A PC laptop running XP
A Mac Mini on Leopard
A 12" Powerbook G4 on Leopard
A 15" MacBook Pro on Leopard
An iPhone
A new Nano
Phew!
Is it possible for them ALL to run off either 1 central iTunes library location, or 1 external hard drive dedicated to iTunes music, (but perhaps connected to a Mac, say the Powerbook?)

Sounds intense!
A good idea, and a really cool one too is to look into the new airport extreme base stations. They have a lot of really cool features including wireless sharing of a USB hard drive. I think this would be an excellent cure for your multiple device woes. If you had a wireless hard drive any of the wireless computer (including the PC) would be able to access the music on the hard drive. All of the itunes libraries could then point to the hard drive and run off the same files.
Check it out here: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=60C 1CBAD&fnode=home/shopmac/mac_accessories/airportwireless&nplm=MB053LL/A
I wonder about simultaneous use of files but other than that it should work like a charm!
Hope this helped!
-HFAB!
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