Listening to an iPod on a different computer

After years of thinking about it and month of saving I finally purchased my 1si iPod. I went all the way and got the 80gb model with video etc...
So far its' working great. My only question is this...
Can I plug the iPod into another computer with iTunes installed (other than "my" computer) and "listen" to the music that is on my iPod on that computer?
In other words. I got my Mac at home and a Windows compuer at my job. I want to take my iPod to work and listen to whats on it through the iTunes thats installed on that computer. I don't want to music from that computer, just listen.
Any ideas??
thanks,
Morris

You can do this if your iPod is set to manual sync.
See: Using the iPod with more than one computer.
When you connect the iPod to iTunes, the songs will be in bold, editable and selectable to play.
However, there is one proviso.
If your iPod is Mac formatted you cannot use it on a Windows PC because Windows cannot read the Mac file system.
The easiest way to use an iPod on both Mac and Windows computers is to format the iPod (using iPod Updater) using the PC. This will force your iPod to use the Windows file system (FAT32) which both the Mac and PC can read from and write to without the help of additional software. Of course then all your software updates for the iPod will have to be done on Windows.
If you want to keep the iPod Mac formatted and use it on Windows you will have to purchase 3rd party software that allows you to do this.
It has nothing to do with authorizing your computer.

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