New iPod nano 2nd generation issues

I bought a macbook today and it came with a free iPod nano. I had the original nano already, but I'm really excited to have the new one.
Well I hooked it up to my macbook and everything went smoothly. But I don't have any music on my macbook (it being brand new and all). I thought maybe I'd hook my new nano up to my PC and transfer songs that way.
When I plugged in the nano an "error" message popped up saying "iTunes has detected a Macintosh-formatted iPod. You must restore this iPod before you can use it on Windows."
I'm worried that if I do what it says I won't be able to use it on my new mac.
I guess my question is, if I "reformat" my iPod to work on Windows can I use it on my Macbook too?
oh and can I used my iPod nano to transfer songs from my PC to my Macbook?
thanks to anyone who can help me asap
PC and a Macbook

reformatting is easy it only takes a click and a few minutes, but you are correct in assming that you can not use the same ipod on your mac as on your pc. The two systems simply do not work together.
I think that you can use your ipod to transfer songs but it is far easier to simply use a flash drive. To do this copy and paste all of your music from your pc into a folder on your flash drive then copy and paste the entire folder onto your mac. When you open itunes on your mac go to file and select add folder to library. This will take a few minutes if you have a lot of songs but you will have everything.
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