Garmin Cable Problem - for Chris of Charisma
With regard to the cables for the Garmin - recommend calling the ENCNavX phone number on their web site (see Reply #9, the last "link provided by author"). They can give you the information and, *I think*, prices (I don't know if they actually sell them or not). With regard Mac vs. PC (Ethics statement: I've always had ONLY PCs up until a couple years ago when I got my first iBook): 1 The code to write for a Mac is much less than for the PC, i.e., it takes fewer lines of code for the Mac than the PC. The advantage is fewer errors and faster operation. 2. When I worked for an Engineering office with some 400 employees - basically a very computer savy office - the best engineer computer guru was a Mac user. When I was using Windows 3.1 up through XP, anytime I had a question, of all the co-workers, the Mac guy was the best at finding the solution to my problem. 3. Of the guys in the IT (Information Technology) department, they guy who was clearly the best at fixing the most difficult problems - was a Mac guy. 4. In the early 90s when I used to complain about the short file names (I had difficulty coming up with enough names to identify my files), I think only 8 characters were allowed??? (my memory of this time period is getting faint!), they would say "get a Mac!". Macs allowed much longer file names. How long did it take for the other company to come up with a longer file name? 5. Have trouble figuring what files you have that are those that you created and which ones are program files (you shure don't want to clean house by deleting the wrong program files), guess what? On a PC, ALL the files are together BUT on a Mac, the program files are in one area and your files are in another area. There are NO PROBLEMS figuring out what you shouldn't delete! 6. A few years ago at a meeting the speaker asked a question "Are there any PC laptop users here?". The reason for the question was they wanted to know if the meeting should be cut short so they could charge their batteries. (Macs didn't have to worry) well,... enough for now, my fingers are getting sore.... When this PC I'm writing on is replaced, which will be probably this summer or fall, it'll be with a Mac G5! It would be sooner except I've got far too many things to do right now. Oh, and one more thing for Chris - be sure to download the sample ENCnavX program and check out their image resolution improver - it's a Mac-only thing! IMPRESSIVE! The pre-resolution improver is what the PCs get to look at (ugh!)
