Should I reformat my iPod?

I previously used my iPod with PC's. I recently bought a MacBook and I am wondering if I should reformat it to the Mac file system. It connects fine now but I guess I'm asking would there be any advantage to reformatting?
MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

To turn your question around a little, one disadvantage of not reformatting for Mac is that whenever you need to update the softare you'll need to do that on a PC. You'll not be able to update a PC formatted iPod on a Mac without reformatting. On the other side you'll find that your iPod will connect faster if it's formatted with the native Mac file system. A lot of it really depends on whether or not you'll be using it with a PC again, if you are and it's working on the Mac just leave it as is.

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