Multiple computers with iPod

Hello, I'm new to the forum, hope you folks can holp out. I am planning to purchase a new iPod video. I want to sync it with tunes and photos here at home on my iMac. In a few months I will be going overseas for at least a year and will be getting a laptop once I am there, not sure yet but most likely a pc. I will then want to load things from that new pc to my iPod, adding them to what will be there from my iMac. Can this be accomplished and how? Thanks!

Using iPod with Multiple Computers.
Since you're using two different operating systems, it would be best if you formatted the iPod for Windows, since that would allow it to be used on both a PC and a Mac.

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