Seagate 1TB:FAT32 or MACDRIVE 7 for Mixed WinXP/Mac System

I have new Seagate 1TB drive that I want to hook to the AEBS but I see some people are having problems wiht FAT32. In doing a lot of searching, I still don't have a handle whether the AEBSn actually works with a FAT32 Seagate drive. I see some people with problems but haven't found a post where a Seagate 1TB user is actually using FAT32 successfully.
My system is this; Dell 8250 (Win XP) and 20"/2.4 Core Duo iMac wired to AEBSn. I want to back up files from both.
Is it better to format drive as FAT32 or HFS and use Macdrive 7? Will Macdrive 7 even work with a drive hooked to AEBSn rather than to the Dell PC (I am also not clear on this point)?
At this point the Seagate drive is sitting in the box, formatted in NTFS...
Thanks in advance

Thanks for your quick response and sorry for my delay, I was on a business trip.
If I understand you correctly, while connected as a network drive to the AEBSn, it doesn't matter to my Windows machines whether it is HFS or FAT32. I do not plan to hook direct to Windows machine but I do want to do backups from the Windows machine.
While connected as network drive/HFS+ format to AEBSn,
1. Will I be able to open/read files on the drive from both the Dell/iMac?
2. Will I be able to copy files back from the 1TB to the Windows machines and be able to open/manipulate them?
Thanks again...

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