Using my iPod on a Mac and a PC in parallel - is it possible?

Is it possible to use the same iPod nano on two computers, one a Mac, the other a PC (Vista)? I was using my iPod till now on my Mac but got recently a PC. I've downloaded iTunes on the PC and it does recognize my iPod when connected, but tells me that I should reconfigure it for Windows. However, I don't want to loose the possibility of using my iPod with my Mac.....

Macs will recognize iPods formatted for Mac and for Windows. Windows will ONLY recognize iPods formatted for Windows. So, you could always restore your iPod on your Windows computer (which would delete everything on it and reformat it for Windows) and still use it on your Mac. You would need to manually manage your content. The only potential drawback to this is that all software/firmware updates would need to be done on the Windows computer.
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