why do iPods need to be formatted?

im getting a mac for school, i have a pc now. I know you can upload songs from the ipod on the pc.
so can i upload a pc ipod playlist to a mac?

i'm guessing i'm screwed
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if your ipod is formatted for PC (fat32), then it'll be backwards compatable with mac - if your ipod has been used on a PC, when you load your library onto your mac, and update your ipod with the music from the mac, your ipod will actually still say 'Windows' under Settings>About>Format.

but they need to be formatted for windows (to fat32) cause windows doesn't support the mac format.
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so if I format it on a mac it won't work on a pc, and if I format it on a PC it works on both?

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yeah i dont understand why they just dont format them at the shop
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i want an ipod, and a new computer for my room, anyone got like 450$ they wanna spend on an xbox and a ps2 and a shitload of games?

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cause apple is dumb and they wana try and discourage illegal song sharing
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