Club 80-90 Forums • syncro friendly laptops

Posted: 29 Oct 2008, 19:48

by steffanstringer

v-lux wrote:Ive been having a look into GPS software for Mac..

But it would seem that the only way to run memorymap on a mac would be to use a pc emulator such as Parallels.

Since thinking about it a bit more too, im not sure that i would like to subject my mac laptop to the beating it could sustain on board an offroader.

Installing a Macmini is an obvious thought, but the PSU for them is an absolute monster. As that is how Apple got around the cooling issues they firt encountered on the 'Cube'. They moved the hot bit of the machine outside of the case. So it would require being mounted somewhere with enough room and ventilation. Weighs a fair bit also.

So, much the Mac evangelist that i am, i am beginning to think that investing into a small, low spec unit such as been suggested would be a more sensible option.

(just dont tell anyone i said that....shhhhhh)

Stay with that thought!!

I've always liked the Mac Minis.

Here's a thread I found of people turning them into carputers...

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/faq-emp ... r-car.html

I looked for native Mac software and found Routebuddy. I don't use this stuff so have no idea how it compares to Memorymap.

As you say - so long as it's an Intel Mini you can run XP/Vista on it with Bootcamp (at no cost other than your Windows OS) or as a virtual machine through Parallels or Fusion (not 'emulators') and you can run any Windows software on it.

The mini is probably good value for money as it's nicely packaged and comes with bluetooth and wifi built in.

Sad, lonely Mac boy