Following my previous post and the many comments it has provoked on the forum Sail The World, MaxSea answer was not made to wait, coming from Anthony : Read more …
Label : tariffs
The price of nautical application (continue)
Since my topic 15 th October about it, Salon Nautique de Paris has made some changes in the fee schedules of software for Windows. So I updated some prices in this previous article.
But this is not just why I write this addendum. Especially for you to share a discovery that will perhaps not good news for French buyers (and European) by MaxSea Time Zero. Read more …
Good news from Apple !
No I will not talk about insolent quarterly results published by Apple (more than 20 million units sold all models).
I do not speak of the dramatic increase in Apple stock for a year (by 78 up more to 200 dollars).
No, isn't it.
The good news is that I am talking about the sale of new Mac Mini ! Enjoy, macusers boaters : entry level 2,26 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and a hard drive 160 GB of RAM, that all for 549 €, thus 50 less than the previous entry-level.
That makes a superb equipment to get onboard for GPSNavX or MacENC about 786 € !
Yes, yes, right count : Mac Mini + Standard Keyboard + Magic Mouse + 1 Wide screen 19″ LCD 1er prix (visit one of our specialist suppliers) good enough to get onboard.
Though, for my own, a wireless mouse on a chart table, as the boat heels… you know.
The price of things… navigation software and charts
It is not easy to compare prices of boating software, both options proposed by each publisher, duties included or options to add may vary. Nevertheless, since I started in the register "How much does it cost" with navionics charts, here's a quick comparison of price quotations on the internet in October 2009. Some prices in dollars or pounds have been converted at exchange rates at mid-October and include VAT. (Prices updated 14 December 2009)
Software
MAXSEA
• MaxSea Easy V12.6
raster maps + GRIB + Current
charting 24 Road World + 1 Area retail choice (France / Spain / UK,…)
499 €
• MaxSea Navigator V12.6
vector maps + raster charts + GRIB + currents
charting 24 Road World
598 € Read more …
The price of Navionics Gold
A point on the price of Navionics Gold , depending of media, is necessary. I will use as an example folio (called the Region by éditor) 46XG that concerns us directly :
• On a stand-SD Card or CF-Card for chartplotters = $329 thus about 225 € (238 € Dealers French)
• Downloaded from the website x-traverse.com for MacENC or Fugawi Marine = $329 thus about 225 €
• Downloaded from the website x-traverse.com for iNavX / iPhone = $35 ($64 launch in April) thus about 24 € which must be added $10 (about 7 €) Annual account subscription on x-traverse.com.
• Purchased on iTunes AppStore, including the application Navionics Mobile 3.0 iPhone = 20 €
The amounts are given in euros at the average day.
Price differences between versions Tracers / Mac / PC and iPhone are explained, par le support Navionics, a database provided much less support for the iPhone, and this for obvious reasons of storage space available. The level of information and detail is the same for all media (these are exactly the same cards) but the wealth of additional information is much higher for plotters / Mac / PC.
Anyway… Do you believe it, yourself ?