January 22, 2009 10:57
Yes MaxSea is a great program. I too had trouble with it under Parallels. It DOES however work under Fusion.
Honestly, Parallels is a smoother running program with few quirks but it will not run MaxSea.
Fusion will run it but it is a bit clunky by comparrisson.
Transferring Waypoints from MaxSea to the NEW Garmns is completely IMPOSSIBLE. I have been trying for over a year.
If anyone has found a solution I would like to know.
In the end, I swithced to Fugawi. It works great under either Fusion or parallels, EXCEPT, getting the Waypoints into any of the NEW GARMIN units is not smooth. You CAN do it from the Windows platform but Garmin does not make it easy, in fact, they seem to be specifically blocking ALL attempts at good responsible navigation.
I have been in contact with Garmin about these issues for some time now and besides laughing at the problem, seem totally disinterested.
Result--I strongly advise anyone seeking a new GPS for Serious Ocean navigation to purchasesomething other than a Garmin.
Ed
S/V Entracte
Honestly, Parallels is a smoother running program with few quirks but it will not run MaxSea.
Fusion will run it but it is a bit clunky by comparrisson.
Transferring Waypoints from MaxSea to the NEW Garmns is completely IMPOSSIBLE. I have been trying for over a year.
If anyone has found a solution I would like to know.
In the end, I swithced to Fugawi. It works great under either Fusion or parallels, EXCEPT, getting the Waypoints into any of the NEW GARMIN units is not smooth. You CAN do it from the Windows platform but Garmin does not make it easy, in fact, they seem to be specifically blocking ALL attempts at good responsible navigation.
I have been in contact with Garmin about these issues for some time now and besides laughing at the problem, seem totally disinterested.
Result--I strongly advise anyone seeking a new GPS for Serious Ocean navigation to purchasesomething other than a Garmin.
Ed
S/V Entracte