iPod: PC and/or Mac

I've purchased an iPod for my son who'll be here for Christmas.

The problem, he's a PC user and I'm a Mac (iMac/2.4Ghz/320GB HD/2 GB
Ram).

He'll probably want to load some music on the iPod (either his CDs or
from my collection).

My Mac iTunes is 7.5 and the box says he needs the Windows version 7.4
for his desktop.

My local Apple dealer wasn't sure about this conflict, but thought it
would screw up my iTunes.

Any suggestions out there?

TIA

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Jim from Hilton Head
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<jimmi3REMOVE-319B08.11220114122007 RemoveThis @johnf2.biosci.ohio-state.edu>,
Jim <jimmi3REMOVE RemoveThis @roadrunner.com> wrote:

> I've purchased an iPod for my son who'll be here for Christmas.
>
> The problem, he's a PC user and I'm a Mac (iMac/2.4Ghz/320GB HD/2 GB
> Ram).
>
> He'll probably want to load some music on the iPod (either his CDs or
> from my collection).
>
> My Mac iTunes is 7.5 and the box says he needs the Windows version 7.4
> for his desktop.
>
> My local Apple dealer wasn't sure about this conflict, but thought it
> would screw up my iTunes.
>
> Any suggestions out there?
>
> TIA

I'm not quite sure what your question is...or why you can't get a
definitive answer from an "Apple dealer" unless it's not an actual Apple
Store. But there should be no conflict of any kind.

If he doesn't have his PC with him and you want to load songs on it from
your Mac while he's there, it'll work just fine. When he gets back home
to his PC, he may get a warning about the iPod being synced up with a
different iTunes library, but it'll still let him use it. The only
potential issue is that he may not be able to get the music off of it
and into his iTunes library without some third party software.
--
Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama