The Hyundai will get you there, but the BMW will offer a nicer experience. A nexus 7 costs what, $250? I can drop six of them in the lake for what a Raymarine E series costs. It fails to compete with the plotter for "marine readyness" but otherwise it does so, so much more. A plotter is better at the helm, no doubt. The market is changing though and the big guys need to keep up. Maintaining a proprietary code base, IMO, is not the way.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote: > Basically ditto Robert. Elegance and reliability wins. > > Rich > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 21:35, Robert Boyer <dainyr...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I hesitate to get into a debate about Apple vs. all other devices but I > will. > > During most of my engineering career I used Windows machines and looked > down on Apple--until I got one! And then another, and another... > > I will never go back! > > To see the difference, all you have to do is start both machines (laptops) > at the same time--there's a world of difference, the Apple being much > faster. > > I have never had a memory device failure in any of my iDevices while I > regularly had hard drive crashes in Toshibas, HPs, etc. iDevices simply > have much higher quality than other devices--that's why you are paying > more--it's not just for the name. They also hold their value better when > you sell them after you buy a new one--try that with another similar device > of any brand (they are usually worthless when it's time to upgrade). > > I am clearly an Apple fan--they won me over! And I didn't even bring up > iCloud and it's advantages... > > All this being said, I wouldn't use my iPad in the cockpit of my boat as > my primary navigation device--I have a chart plotter at the helm for that > purpose. > > And to those that complain about not buying a state-of-the-art chart > plotter because in 3 years it will be outdated--the same obsolescence will > apply to tablets and laptops and while it's true tablets cost less--they > may not after you drop one or two in the sea or lake. > > Bob > > Bob Boyer > S/V Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230) > Annapolis, Maryland > email: dainyr...@icloud.com > blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com > "There's nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as messing > about in boats." -Kenneth Grahame > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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