Mac compatapilaty

1_reaper

Hi all. Before I make the leap of faith from PC to Mac I just wanted to know wether my Garmin 880/Garmin connect & my Tacx Fortius (trainer 4 software) will work with the Mac or not? I understand I'll have to get a Mac with a good graphics card for the Tacx software. Thanks

foiegras

I use my Garmin Edge 800 and Garmin Connect on an iMac - I don't know about the Tacx

keef66

Just make sure it comes with a spell-checker

nochekmate

keef66 wrote:

Just make sure it comes with a spell-checker

1_reaper

Ok. Insert compatibility :-)

Diamant49

I have a Tacx turbo, and the manuals say that the software is PC only. It shouldn't be a problem though - I use VMware Fusion on my Mac to run a Windows OS environment - use it for Memory Map at the moment & the same thing in work for Windows only systems.

I do intend to get the software at some point, but to be honest I am just using Sufferfest & You tube videos at the moment.

kleinstroker

Your best bet to run anything above TTS2 on a mac is to dual boot it into Windows 7, not XP as TTS3 and up require a 64bit setup I believe. I have used the Fortius and TTS2 software on a standard Windows 7 install on my mac, and it performed pretty well. I'll be getting TTS3.5 as soon as I get my Bushido up and running.

1_reaper

Thanks for the replies. Basically get the highest spec Mac I can afford and duel boot the drive or partition the drive. I'm no computer whizz so shall seek advice when the time comes

FatTed

Keep the PC for your bike
Buy a MAC for everything else, including Garmin.

ianbar

...buy a mac everyone needs one!