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SelkirkWind · 28-10-2008, 08:38

What a mess! Trying them one by one seems the only way. Each of them has at least one positive feature.

Regretfully, only a few of these products are supported in VISTA. Maxsea, for example says it will run on a "VISTA capable" machine but does not claim Vista compatibility that I can find on the site. Has anyone used it on VISTA?

Nobeltec is cool, but $1200 less a $100 competitor upgrade.

The current version of Coastal Explorer (Rosepoint) does not support GRIB (promised in 2.0 next month).

All of these packages are superior to Raytech RNS that meets almost none of the criteria (although a new version has been promised since February).

We should develop some criteria and have an owner of each package evaluate their software's strengths and weaknesses to the criteria. That way we could build a review of each package and get a better general idea as a function of price point. Anyone interested?

28-10-2008, 08:38	#12
SelkirkWind Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sandpoint, ID, USA Boat: Leopard 46, The Selkirk Grace Posts: 66	Best Options? What a mess! Trying them one by one seems the only way. Each of them has at least one positive feature. Regretfully, only a few of these products are supported in VISTA. Maxsea, for example says it will run on a "VISTA capable" machine but does not claim Vista compatibility that I can find on the site. Has anyone used it on VISTA? Nobeltec is cool, but $1200 less a $100 competitor upgrade. The current version of Coastal Explorer (Rosepoint) does not support GRIB (promised in 2.0 next month). All of these packages are superior to Raytech RNS that meets almost none of the criteria (although a new version has been promised since February). We should develop some criteria and have an owner of each package evaluate their software's strengths and weaknesses to the criteria. That way we could build a review of each package and get a better general idea as a function of price point. Anyone interested?