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Old 08-21-2008, 12:33 PM
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Mac and Suunto

Guys, me and my triathlon club have purposefully boycotted Suunto until they provide decent cross platform compatibility for Mac. We recommend Garmin devices which are mac compatible and can also be used with the excellent Ascent software. Plus they have cadence and power modules for cycling. Polars are ok and work with iSmartTrain software pretty well (I use both).

Until they do this, they are missing out on a huge market. Macs compose a whopping 66% of the high end computer market (computers costing $1000+), according to NPD. The kind of people who spend a little more on their computers are the kind of people who buy expensive gadgets like the Suunto watches. The type of people who buy macs (not tooting my own horn) have higher income levels, higher education levels and are more physically active (according to numerous studies) and are more likely to spend money on multiple gadgets. Obviously the PC universe is huge and there are many many potential customers within that base, all I'm saying that the mac user base is a great, loyal customer who value companies who support their platform.

Garmin, Polar and Nike have been aware of this for some years now, although their software is not perfect (neither for PC or mac), it is compatible.

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