At 11:59 AM -0400, 6/11/05, Art Amolsch wrote: >Last December, I bought a Magellan RoadMate 700 portable >GPS device. It's amazing technology and ensures that I will >never get lost -- the driver inputs a destination, the Roadmate >calculates a route, and if the driver varies from that route, >the device recalculates a new route. The road database is >built into the device and can be updated, and that's why I'm >writing this note. > >Updating is accomplished over the Internet using a browser >and the included USB cable. Simple enough, except that >updating requires Windows. When I inquired about using >my Mac to update, I was essentially told to drop dead -- >the Mac user base is too small. So I had to borrow a >friend's Gateway, turning what should have been a simple >process into an hour long pain. This was a friend, by the >way, that I've been encouraging to switch to a Mac. > >The GPS is an expensive piece of technology, so Mac users >should know about this little problem before investing. Ditto the Garmin line. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti Capt'n! The spellchecker kinna take this abuse! <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>