On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:29:37 +0000 jonathanmou...@warwickshire.gov.uk wrote:
> Much as I dislike MapInfo, that comparison is stacked against the > software. Not only is a very old version being used (He's using MapInfo > 7.8, apparently released in Sept 2004!!!! ( > http://www.sgsi.com/Prod_Soft_MIPro_78.asp)), on top of which its being > run in WINE too, which will hardly improve the reliability. I admit I'm not giving MapInfo the best chance but I lack adequate hardware, the best Windows machine I have is an acer core 2 duo 2.4GHz with 2 GB RAM and a slow 160GB HDD running Vista. This once powerful beast idles at 30% memory use and 35% cpu use even after disabling everything I can keep it working without. Under this setup MapInfo performs worse than under wine with the exceptions that I can use the mouse to select line, region, text & symbol styles and the query 'wizard'. I did try MI8 trial release a few years ago on W2k and wine and was unable to install on either. If memory serves the problem was a late version if internet explorer was needed. > > I don't doubt QGIS would do well against a modern MapInfo deployment, but > lets not be disingenuous here, comparing a 7 year old product to a few > week old one isn't exactly going to convince naysayers. > The issues I observed in MapInfo have been present in all versions I have used since 4.2. mick _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
