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Old November 8th 10, 01:32 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_10_]
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Default See You Software and iMac

On Nov 7, 4:49*pm, "kirk.stant" wrote:
Get a PC.

Seriously, they are so cheap (compared to a Mac) you might as well get
one just to run SeeYou!

Kirk
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Been there, done that. I had a dedicated laptop for running SeeYou and
other soaring software. The problem was that I used it so
infrequently (especially during the winter) that there would always be
some sort of problem - usually batteries that wouldn't hold a charge.
Turns out the batteries cost almost as much as the (used) PC. Running
on a Mac has gotten easy enough that I have given up on maintaining
the old IBM StinkPad which is now collecting dust in my closet.

It all depends on what you're using on a daily basis and how
comfortable you are messing around with virtual machines and such.
For me it's worked pretty well. If computers are mysterious black
boxes and you usually are getting help from your friends to keep yours
working, stick with a PC - running Windows XP is probably the best
bet.

9B