Bought new ipod shuffle as gift for windows  pc user

My question is can I load some music on the gift ipod from my mac and then will she be able to also add to that playlist from her pc xp computer?
How does the ipod read the two machines? Or can it be used only with the pc or mac machine?
Would appreciate how to handle this! Thank you!

That is what I am doing for Christmas presents. I purchased six shuffles and carefully unpacked them all and loaded a 100 song play list (the 100 top rock and roll songs according to the Rolling Stone Magazine). I also made sure that each if fully charged. That way the recipients can open and use the new "toy" on Christmas day. As stated above, when they connect to their computer with their (new) iTunes account, the music will be erased, but until then they can give the player a good try-out. Jim

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