I switched from a PC to a Mac about a year ago. Impossible for a diehard
windows geek to do, I thought. But I wouldn't touch a PC now, except to run
the few programs I really need that aren't available on a Mac. I bought a
Macbook Pro because I liked the case and the overall design--like nothing you
get for Windows. I expected to boot Windows all the time, but found myself
using it less and less. Now when I use any PC, especially one with Vista, I
wonder what the hell I was thinking.
As far as I'm concerned, the difference is simple. Macs work for you, PC's
work for Microsoft.
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Washatko [mailto:awashatko@wi.rr.com]
Sent: Wed 1/2/2008 6:45 PM
To: Bill Babcock
Cc: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] GPS Products
Bill,
You should try their computers.
Allen
On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Bill Babcock wrote:
> The hot setup really is a GPS and a smartphone, and they don't get much
> smarter than the iPhone. I had a very top of the line Nokia (N95) that
> I
> loved, but it was taking hours a day out of my time learning how to
> use it. I
> went to an Apple store to buy a new power supply, picked up an iPhone
> to play
> with it, and found I knew how to use every feature--apparently I come
> pre-wired for apple stuff. Sold my expensive Nokia on eBay for about
> what I
> had paid for it, and never looked back.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces+billb=bnj.com@autox.team.net on behalf of Henry Frye
> Sent: Wed 1/2/2008 8:58 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] GPS Products
>
> I have a Garmin Nuvi 350. I think it's one model below the one that has
> the built in traffic receiver.
>
> I think it kicks butt on any factory installed NAV system for the
> simple
> reason it gets mounted to the bottom of the windshield or top of the
> dashboard and is an easy glance to see rather than looking way down
> onto
> the dash. Touch the screen and it tells you where the gas stations are,
> also food, hotel, etc. Full trip set info as well.
>
> I have ridden in an 07 Honda CRX and an 07 Audi A4, both with factory
> nav systems and I preferred what the Nuvi was telling me, and how it
> presented it.
>
> The system will always get you where you are going, but not necessarily
> the fastest route. It does not work in cities with tall buildings until
> it gets a good signal, then it kind of deals OK, but is far from
> perfect. Helen tells me it took many blocks in New York City to get
> it's
> bearings, but did eventually find itself. It worked great in Washington
> DC.
>
> I don't know how the units that get traffic data work, I would be
> interested to hear from someone who has one. The Garmin has put me in
> traffic nightmares, and using my GoogleMaps application on my
> smartphone
> has shown much better routes available. The Nuvi 350 is upgradeable to
> include traffic, so I have been thinking about it.
>
>> From the very first trip I was so impressed with it I was shocked I
> waited so long to buy one. It takes ALL the stress out of finding where
> you are going.
>
> Jack is right about these things being hot for thieves at the moment.
>
> Cheers
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BillDentin@aol.com
>> Subject: [Fot] GPS Products
>>
>>
>> I would value hearing any strong feelings from FOT listers on GPS
> systems.
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