Now this is what GPS should look like!

After owning a Garmin eTrex Legend for all of 24 hours, I realized that I wasn't going to be happy with a small black and white screen, no turn-by-turn driving navigation, and the inferior nature of built-in antennas. While considerably more expensive, the C60 has all the features that will make me want to use this unit far more often, and the huge memory capacity (56 MB) will let me upload far more detailed maps when the need arises.

This unit has been very versatile and intuitive to learn thus far, allowing me to punch in a geocache coordinate, lead me to it, and then give me a route home complete with each step written out, and audible alarms as I approach the exit. The included maps are pretty basic, covering only major roads and highways, but it's enough to get by if you're already fairly familiar with your environment.

MAC users beware! Garmin isn't a Mac friendly company as of July 2004, and there are no plans to support us - a big drawback if you want to backup waypoints, upload custom icons, etc. If you need Mac-friendly maps beyond what the 60C comes with, you can either go with National Geographic's TOPO (only the State series works with Mac) or get Virtual PC and anyone's software.

But basic connectivity is a problem - the 3rd party Mac OSX solutions for upload/download with Garmin units (like GPSy and MacGPS $40-$50) won't work with this unit out of the box, because ironically USB won't play nice, so you first must buy the serial cord ($30-$40), and then a serial-to-usb adapter ($15). It all adds up to a real pain, and an additional $80-$100 beyond the price of the 60C -- but you can always get a Windows friend to upload your things for you as well.