+bobkeenan Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I have been geocaching for a few months now. I use a Dell laptop with windows XP, a Garmin 60Csx, a Palm pilot V, GSAK, and cachemate. Everything works great. I am using a software version of City Navigator 8 with one key used and one to go. My main home computer is a older G4 Mac. Well tonight my dell laptop is showing signs that it is near death. It nearly gave up the ghost a few months ago. I was always planning on upgrading my home G4 to one of the new Macbooks. I think it is time to do it now. I also have an install disc for XP pro at home. So here is the question...... will Mapsource, citynavigator 8, GSAK, and my palm V all work on the new Macbook if I load it with my Win XP pro (I think I can do this with apples bootcamp???). Quote Link to comment
Laurontario Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 So here is the question...... will Mapsource, citynavigator 8, GSAK, and my palm V all work on the new Macbook if I load it with my Win XP pro (I think I can do this with apples bootcamp???). I don't see why not! From what I heard you would be able to run any windows program thanks to the dual boot capability. Quote Link to comment
+Speedowl Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 So here is the question...... will Mapsource, citynavigator 8, GSAK, and my palm V all work on the new Macbook if I load it with my Win XP pro (I think I can do this with apples bootcamp???). Yes, it will work just like any PC you would buy. I have tested both Mapsource & GSAK on a MacBook with Windows XP (SP2) and they work just fine, I'm sure that citynavigator 8 & Palm V would work as well. There is some Mac OS X software that works well too, Geocaching Menu, MacGPS Pro, GPSBabel+, etc. Quote Link to comment
ossumguywill Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 The MacBooks do not just emulate windows, they run it flawlessly. You will be able to do anything that you might do on a windows computer. Quote Link to comment
+bobkeenan Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 The MacBooks do not just emulate windows, they run it flawlessly. You will be able to do anything that you might do on a windows computer. Well... thanks for the advice. I got a macbook pro. Used bootcamp, then my XP pro. Everything works!! This is so cool.... Quote Link to comment
+sduck Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 The MacBooks do not just emulate windows, they run it flawlessly. You will be able to do anything that you might do on a windows computer. Well... thanks for the advice. I got a macbook pro. Used bootcamp, then my XP pro. Everything works!! This is so cool.... Ok, I'm getting pissed off. I bought this shiny new powerbook g4 just a few days before they brought out the intel macs. I miss gsak terribly - I even used to run it in virtual pc but realized I was using about 5 gigs just to get smart waypoint titles on my 60c. My old computer just picked a lousy time to die. Nothing personal really - enjoy your new computer! Quote Link to comment
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