Mystery deepens...my Mac won't initialize my iPod, but coworker's will?

I've done the five R's, and every suggestion on this site. Still, no avail. iPod appears on desktop, iSync sees it but won't recognize it (that's the headshaker of the year), and iTunes won't have anything to do with it. The thing's been restored and 'zeroed out' so much it's about to become antimatter.
On a lark, I plug it into my co-wroker's mac...and it wants to initialize my brand-new iPod. I can't even get my Mac to do THAT.
So, my iPod's okay, but apparently my Mac refuses to have anything to do with it as an iPod? What happened?

Windows users having trouble with their iPods should locate a Mac user. In many cases when an iPod won't show up on a PC that it will show up on the Mac. Then it can be restored. When the PC user returns to his computer the iPod will be recognized by the PC, reformatted for the PC, and usable again. By the way, it works in reverse too. A Mac user often can get his iPod back by connecting it to a PC and restoring it.
Tips
a. It does not matter whether the format is completed or not, the key is to erase (or partly) the corrupted firmware files on the Hard Drive of the iPod. After that, when the iPod re-connected with a computer, it will be recognized as an fresh external hard drive, it will show up on the iTunes 7.
b. It is not a difficult issue for a Mac user to find a window base computer, for a PC user, if they can’t find any Mac user, they can go to a nearest Apple Shop for a favor.
c. You may need to switch around the PC and Mac, try to do several attempts between “Format” and “Restore”

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