Need advice on resetting ipod.

Okay, I wasn't sure where to ask this, but here goes.
When I first got my ipod it came before my computer did. I was so excited to use it that I first used it on the Windows pc in my house. Well I no longer live where there is a windows pc available and I can't update the software on my ipod. First question...can I reformat the ipod from windows to mac without too much headache?
On to the next problem. All of my music is on my ipod, not on my computer. The cds where I got the music from are in a different state therefore making it quite difficult to put the music back on my ipod. Is there anyway to take the music from my ipod and put it onto my computer?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just want to know if there is any easy way to do it without all the headache of dumping my entire music collection onto my ipod again.
Thanks.

Hi
Firstly, please note that an iPod previously restored (formatted) on a PC, can be read by a Mac computer.
In order to transfer the songs on your iPod to the iTunes on your Mac, please read the following
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2943841#2943841
After completion of the transfer, you can just plug your iPod with a Mac computer, do a Restore there, and it will become a Mc formatted iPod, but it would not be able to be read by a PC, unless you install a 3rd party software on a PC.

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