July 16, 2005 05:36
phowson Wrote:Just got an email announcing the imminent arrival of MacENC. Apparently it's going to cost $99.00 for a CD with the application and the ENC charts from NOAA. I am curious as to whether or not there will be an upgrade path for those of us who already paid for GPSNavX.
Also, while it's nice of them to go out and download the ENC charts from NOAA, I would personally rather see a lower price for a download-of-software-only version and then I would download the charts myself.
Once again, I already paid for the ENC charts when I paid my taxes so ...
Given how many comments there have been on the forum about the incredible value of GPSNavX at $50, it seems hardly exaggerated to ask $99 for the ENC version. Look at the ENC charts on the CD as a freebee for the buyer's convenience, to accompany the program price of $99. Upgrade paths is another matter, though again, depending on the feature set of MacENC, it may be entirely reasonable a price.
I was surprised to see it as a separate program, but I don't know enough as yet about the technical ins and outs of why that is being done that way.