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(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

This was a fairly big announcement at MacWorld in January 2006, I
believe. Garmin's commitment was for full Mac support for all of their
products (including MapSource) by the end of 2006. So far, I haven't
seen much from them.

I hope they offer a way to load databases for the 530 on the Mac, because
I'd love to use my laptop to do that at the airport instead of bringing
the data card home. Oh wait, that software is probably from Jepp rather
than Garmin, isn't it?

Though I don't have a Garmin panel-mount, I suspect that you are correct
about the database loader as a Jepp application.

When I read Garmin's announcement about Mac support (which, by the way,
is available he
http://www.garmin.com/pressroom/corporate/011006.html), I thought that
it sounded quite aggressive. However, I believe they've already
delivered on their MotionBased commitment. I look forward to being able
to load updates to the hand held, as well as being able to work with
MapSource, all from the Mac. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.



JKG