Can I use 1 iPod on 2 computers if 1 is a Mac and the other is a PC?

I am a Mac user primarily and I use my iPod with iTunes on my Mac most of the time. Every so often I want to connect my iPod to my PC but after installing the software that came with the iPod and then connecting it to the PC it tells me that I need to format the iPod for Windows.
So the bottom line question is....how can I use the iPod on both and be able to go back and forth without complications?

Here's a link that will give you some of the information you need. The most important thing when switching between OS is that the iPod will have to be formatted for Windows. A Mac can handle a Windows formatted iPod, a PC can't handle a Mac formatted iPod. Hope this helps.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675

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