February 15, 2010 21:19
jagasail Wrote:You've got to be kidding!!! I looked at the price and for what it costs (Defender - with the AIS and Weather modules) I could buy MacENC (which I already have) and still have enough left over for an iPad!!!Your math needs a little work.
Defender's price for the full software is about $340. Sure, you can purchase the NavNet3D version for about $900 but that's a much different product that turns the display into another Furuno chartplotter, radar, and other devices.
It's true that MacENC is less expensive. I've used it and compared it carefully. This is most certainly a case where you get what you pay for. The differences are astounding and well worth the extra $160 in my opinion. MacENC would be literally blown away by a feature and performance comparison in every metric. Yeah, that ends up costing a little more.