[Ham-Mac] Map Source on Mac?

[David Kelly]

On Apr 15, 2006, at 8:37 PM, Phil Zier wrote:

> You could buy a new intel mac, download "boot camp", buy a full  
> copy of XP, and install the Garmin software. There, someone had to  
> say it. Now I need a shower.
>
> I am afraid this is going to be the response we are going to hear  
> from many software developers.

To which I say we all coordinate our reply to a short and sweet, "F.  
U., XP is not acceptable or I wouldn't have asked in the first place."

Yes, I have a dual-core MacBook. No, I have no desire to dirty it  
with Boot Camp. Am not going to buy XP. Its not good enough to steal.  
Was given Win2k license and for amusement installed it under  
VirtualPC on my Titanium G4-400. Haven't bothered to try installing  
MapSource.

As for MapSource, IMHO its badly written even by Windows standards.  
Creating a Macintosh version is going to be difficult to do well.  
Then again, Garmin needs a major cleanup so they might as well hire a  
team capable of creating a decent Mac application as a means of  
fixing their Windows products.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
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