Sharing iTunes from Network Storage Device

Hi everyone,
I'm just new to iTunes and the apple forums, so please be patient with me. ;o)
I have a 2 x PC Windows XP Pro network at home with iTunes 7.02 installed on both. Currently my wife has her tunes on her PC and likewise with mine.
Recently I purchased one of those Netgear SC101 network storage devices so that we can keep all of our important documents, images, emails and so on in a central spot just in case something happens to one of our PC's.
The Netgear has 2 x HDD's which are mirrored for extra protection (to be sure, to be sure)!
What I need to know is whether we can we combine both of our play lists into a single one, and store it on the Netgear so that we can both access it at the same time?
Is this do-able?
Over to the "brains trust". Thank you in advance for your help and advice.
Cheers, Mike

Mike,
I have 3 Windows computers, 2 running XP MCE, 1 running Vista, and also have a MacBookPro. I have a Buffalo Terastation Home server, with the entire iTunes music collection on it. Each computer has the iTunes folder mapped as a network drive, and it has an assigned drive letter. That makes the process so much easier, as you can immediately access anything, each computer can add or make changes (you can block deletion from certain computers if you wish). All computers can access the music simultaneously and I have them streamed to different music sources via airtunes. The playlists are computer specific, so you can keep your playlist on your computer, your wife's playlist on her's. You can update your iPod on yours, and since you can authorize 5 computers via iTunes Store, you can have up to 5 computers in your household using iTunes. So far, no glitches. Hope that helps.

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