I recently purchase a Magellan 3030-LM from Amazon which , as the model number imply , include Lifetime Map update . unfortunately for I , I could not read the `` fine print '' on the product box , as no where on the Amazon product page or product description do it say that I must use m Windows VISTA or Windows 7 base pc to get Lifetime Map update . so , if you use any flavor of Linux or Mac you be out of luck get the update , unless you want to hike to the nearest friend , relative , library , or other place where you can borrow a m Windows VISTA or Windows 7 computer to do you map update . the product as a whole seem to be good . I be impress with the screen size , the touch screen function and clarity . the unit seem to function well , hard to really say after only 3 hour , but I be dismay when I begin the recommend immediate update only to find that I could not without jump through hoop . I contact Magellan 800 # technical support and while they apologize , they be all but helpful . I do get to speak to a manager , who again apologize , but only lead I to believe that Magellan know this problem exist with non-windows user , and could only say that she would report my concern . 12\/20\/2010 Update : I drag my Magellan 3030-LM to a windoze base system , be able to log in and find that while I should run update , no update be available as my gp already have the most recent version -lrb- actually newest available -rrb- already install . other than the windoze requirement , the gp seem to work well . I only have a couple issue that concern I . the map datum list road that should not be travel -lrb- 4th class or lower -rrb- and some road that do not exist or have not exist for year . I live in rural Vermont and we have many 4th class road , that be accessible maybe during some summer month and then only with a 4wd vehicle . other road have be `` throw up '' or discontinue . the map still show they , 30 plus year later . no wonder people stop by my house ask how to get to certain road . they be follow they gp . I specifically test my unit where I know it might tell I to go on a non existent road , and sure enough , it do . my warning to you be , if the road look like it be get rougher and narrower , turn around now ! another issue with the map be there have be road change here in Vermont , as elsewhere , where the road bed no longer follow the path show on the map . I travel a road yesterday , that be change nearly 15 year ago , and the GPS think I be off the road somewhere , dance around look for a way to return to a normal path , tell I to make a legal u-turn as soon as I could . while I be sure the map folk be do a fine job , there do not seem to be a way to report to they that they map have some bug . lastly , there be one irritating issue I have . I do not like the sound on when I be on known road , and I be just try to locate a address . I can see well enough so I mute the sound . well , for some odd reason , while the speaker show that it be muted , every now and then I will get annoying verbal instruction . this also happen yesterday , as I be travel home . I end up turn the GPS off . 12\/27\/2010 receive a microsd -lrb- sandisk -rrb- 2gb card as a gift . the Magellan Roadmate 3030 seem to know it be there , as each time I turn the gp on it warn `` Supplementary Content Detected - to access content , a restart be require '' ... but a restart will not cause it to remember that the sd card be add . also , there do not seem to be a way to access the card once install ... read and re-read download `` user manual '' from Magellan and find no useful sd information or instruction . 08\/09\/2011 Magellan Content Manager tell I that there be update available for my unit with Lifetime Maps . I connect and Content Manger tell I there be a software and a map update from 41 to 43 available . I tell Content Manager to update , and it proceed to download and install a software update to the unit . I be then instruct by Content Manager to unplug my unit and it would automatically reboot , which it do and it appear to have install a update . I then connect my unit back to the pc and rerun Content Manager and it tell I there be a `` Free '' no cost -rrb- map update from 41 to 43 . I tell Content Manager to update which it start to download . somewhere in the process it come up `` fail '' and I be instruct that I must reinstall old update , which appear to happen automatically as my system say that it have map 41 . however , when I try to connect and update the map , which be available , it now tell I I must `` buy '' they , which be ludicrous as I have a Lifetime map unit . somewhere in the process Magellan record or they Content Manager be mess up . I have try to contact Magellan , but they be only available 6am to 5pm pst\/pdt , so now I must wait until tomorrow to try and call they . in the mean time I have send a email , hope that someone there might read it before I call and initiate a email response or telephone call . I be become less enthusiastic about this unit as time go by . 9\/20\/2011 follow my previous update , I be finally able to contact Magellan support and they do respond and I be able to talk to a technician who walk I through a rest that would allow the full map update to occur . however , once the update be in place , the main feature of the rm3030 that I use most frequently , the ability to set multi-stop destination and optimize the trip , be break . I could no longer add destination from my address book , the check mark to add the destination have disappear after the software update . after multiple email to Magellan they determine that it be hardware related and I be instruct to send my unit back for repair\/replacement . after several day , I receive word that repair be not a option and that they would replace my unit with a brand new one and they would install the software and map update prior to shipment to I . that be say , I wait and the replacement come today . I restore my address book to the new unit and immediately try to create a multiple stop route use address in my address book . no go ! I immediately call support and get a technician right away and after nearly a hour on the phone I have he try the same step on a 3030 and he duplicate my problem and it be finally determine that there be indeed probably a software issue with version 4.82 and it would affect any user of the 3030 use multi-stop destination route from the address book . I be now go to have to wait to see if there will be a quick software resolution or not . will keep you post . 11\/4\/2011 receive word on Content Manager that a update be available -lrb- 64mb -rrb- . it appear to be a software version update 4.91 . so I download and install with no problem . however , check update against my previous issue show that there be no fix to the multi-stop problem and road and address that I have note in the past year be still miss . a road down the street from I that be construct last year appear , but a friend who live in VA at the same address for over 5 year , they road and whole development do not appear . I be begin to question the sanity of buy this unit . I now have another GPS , a Garmin etrex Vista HCx hand hold which be truly amazing for its size . while I do not have lifetime map update on it , I have find that it be more accurate on many of the local road than my Magellan with recently update map . it also , I have find , have a multi-stop feature , that while not as slick as the suppose one in the Magellan , work quite well . will be look at a Garmin car pnd in the future . I have find a possible store that I may possibly `` test drive '' some unit before purchase . on another note , I contact AAA and there be a update available for the AAA Tour map that you can get if you be a aaa member . just log into the aaa site near you , and go to -lrb- ... -rrb- where if you look closely you will find by a couple of mouse click a free download that should update the AAA info to 8\/2011 datum . March 7 , 2012 : Update after much thought , I be look for another pnd . while the Magellan 3030-LM appear to fill my need , after the `` upgrade '' that break the multi-stop destination feature , and the fact after another update , the problem be not fix , I be look again . to sum up the 3030-LM , the multi-stop function be the main drawing card , which no longer work . add to that the fact that LifeTime map be not current or accurate make it less appealing . have a micro-sd slot that be there but not intend to work be a real drawing card . and finally , to put the frosting on the cake , I go to back up my address book , and it be no longer a option in the current version of Content Manager ! so even if I stay with Magellan , I could not transfer my address to a new unit . so long Magellan !