[X4U] Mac Equivalents of Windows apps

[Art Amolsch]

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.

Art Amolsch
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