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#444798 - 18/09/07 03:19 PM
GPS for a Mac
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Anonymous
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Hi guys,
So what do you use to connect GPS to Macs? There is no way in hell I am going to be using or purchasing a Windows box for anything that I do, so it looks like my options are fairly limited. If you are a Mac user, what's your experience with GPS integration?
Thanks!
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#444800 - 18/09/07 03:41 PM
Re: GPS for a Mac
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I use BootCamp on my MacBook Pro to interface with my Garmin GPS. And yeah, it would be great if Garmin ported Mapsource to OSX soon. They were supposed to roll out OSX support in Q4, 2006. I haven't used this software, but you could try checking out MacGPSPro . It's supposed to work with many Garmin GPSr's and OSX.
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#444801 - 21/09/07 09:56 PM
Re: GPS for a Mac
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Anonymous
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I have not tried this on my mac, mainly because I have a PC laptop that I tend to travel with so I have always loaded mapsource on it, but wouldn't Virtual PC work? someone else might be able to chime in with actual experience.
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#444803 - 26/09/07 06:30 PM
Re: GPS for a Mac
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Before Intel Mac's, which have the ability to run Windows at native (Bootcamp) or near-native (VMWare Fusion) CPU speeds, I tried using Virtual PC on my Powerbook G4 laptop to run Garmin Mapsource. Unfortunately, it performed so slowly that it was too painful to use.
At the time, I was using a Garmin GPS V, which connected with a serial cable. The serial data rate with the Keyspan USB-to-serial adapter I was using was so slow through virtualization that Mapsource kept timing out and losing connection with the GPS.
However, if your Mac is a very fast G5 model, VirtualPC could work, but don't expect great performance. WindowsXP SP2 will feel very slow, like a 500MHz P4 at best.
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