Nobletec for Mac Addicts

Asking a dedicated Macintosh computer user to switch to a PC is about like asking an adolescent to eat a pound of brussel sprouts. So, for years now, when Mac-addicted would-be cruisers found out that they would have to buy a PC in order to use the popular Nobletec navigation software, some were nearly suicidal.

We’re happy to report that no lives need be lost over this issue any longer. While helping deliver his boat to Santa Barbara, we’ve learned from Cap’n Tom that Nobletec works wonderfully on the MacBook Pro laptops which use Intel chips.

Tom explained that you can partition these new Macs so that they will run either Mac or PC programs (such as Nobletec) and, according to one Nobletec technical advisor, the program actually runs smoother on the Mac machines due to their superior graphical capabilities. You do need to reboot the computer when you want to use it as a traditional Mac, but that’s the only minor downside we’ve experienced during the past few days of use. Instead of investing in a chartplotter, Cap’n Tom has his Mac interfaced with his autopilot and it follows predetermined routes flawlessly. Pretty cool, eh, Macheads?