Using iPod with Vista

My brother's Mac has died and he was forced to buy a PC for the short term. He is working in Europe for 2 years and there is not a lot of support for Mac over there. He has installed iTunes onto the PC and want to connect their iPods to recharge. They receive a message about switching from Mac to PC. The question I have for him is "Will they lose all of their songs etc. when they connect to Vista now as opposed to Mac?"

Hello, Welcome to Discussions.
If your friend just wants to charge the iPod but not Sync it he will be fine and will not loose any music unless he agrees to sync it with another machine and erase and sync. If this occurs he can only sync with this machine till he gets back home. At which time he will need to erase and Sync again to communicate with this machine.
If your friend has iTunes Store content on his iPod he can transfer these purchases to the Mac so he can sync back and fourth and charge the iPod as well. Please keep in mind if there is non itunes store purchased content it will not sync to the new computer.
More information about this and requirements below.
iPhone and iPod touch: Minimum system requirements
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1323
Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

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