Partitioning for Mac OS and Win OS

[_bgb]

I've looked and read a load of articles now and im stumped, im partitioning my external HD (1TB) into 500gb either way, one for Time Machine and one for general use and storage..

Problem, i want the general use side to work with Mac and Win setups.. what option do i choose?

 

[Jolly Giant]

format the drive for Mac and use MacDrive or HFS+ on the winsloth side.