Syncronizing PC iTunes and MacBook Pro iTunes

Hey everyone,
I have a PC desktop that where I do all of my iTunes business on. I just bought a MacBook Pro that I would like to sync my PC playlists to. Currently, the only way I know to sync libraries and playlists is to copy my iTunes folder from my PC (all 80GB of it) to my Mac via USB drive and edit the iTunes Music Library.xml. It's not too hard, but it takes a really long time to transfer, especially if I've only added a couple songs or I've just moved songs to different playlists. It would also be nice to sync back to my PC so I don't have to wait to get home before purchasing or editing stuff on iTunes.
Does anyone know an easier way to synchronize iTunes playlists on different computers so it's not so tedious?

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