Formatting WD Hardrive to transfer files over 4gb / work with Windows?

Hi,
I just got the WD my passport 2TB external hard drive. I see right out of the box it needs to be reformatted for Mac. I don't want to do fat32 again because I need to transfer large files. I have more than one mac, and also would like to have the ability to transfer files from a PC if I need to.
People mentioned the Paragon ntfs format for 20 dollars but I am iffy on it. I heard it doesn't work with Lion (which I have on one computer), and I wonder would I have to purchase and install it PER computer? I'm mainly looking for a universal thing to transfer 10gb files from one mac to another without having to install anything on whatever mac I use. And if i can do this with a PC that's a plus as well.
Are there any free reformatting options in disc utility that can do this? I feel like there should be. And if not what should I do? In todays age we deal with larger files sizes all the time so being able to back up something larger than 4GB on a Mac shouldn't be this much of a hassel.
Thanks everyone

Hi mende1,
Thanks for the reply. I don't know why someone mentioned to me to purchase something if exFAT comes free with disc utility. Are there ANY limitations using this?
I'm just iffy about getting a certain format because down the line I deff don't want to have to go thru the hassel of throwing my stuff on something else/formatting again etc... I don't have the space to do that procedure and it seems dangerous
So for the record...if I use Mac's disc utility's exFAT I can:
-use time machine
-transfer files as large as I want
-transfer these files from mac to pc, vise versa

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