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 - streets and trips stinksThis program stinks. you need to enter a new starting point every time you use it even though most people start from the same point usualy. The user friendly aspect is poor, the maps are only so so. I found much older products to be much easier and smarter. I bet whoever designed this product doesn't actualy use it! Rating:  - It works just like it shouldWe sold our Garmin and bought this. What a welcome surprise. We bought it for traveling now that we are retired. We installed it in an inexpensive Gateway laptop. After a bit of practice we had it doing exactly what we wanted. It is not hard to use and the receiver works. The only thing we would like to see improved is the voice volume. The software is very intuitive and you don't have to unlock maps and go through a lot of changes to make it work. It costs less than a Garmin and works a lot better. If you buy one, spend a little time learning the software and reading the manual before taking a long trip. You will be very pleased with all that it does. We will never buy anything Garmin, but we will certainly upgrade this software. Rating:  - Ask Yourself One Simple Question Before BuyingStrets and trips works as advertised, but may be completely useless for some. This is the key: How many of the places that you need navigation assistance to find would you feel comfortable in either leaving your laptop computer in your car, or taking your laptop computer inside when you arrive? The answer for me is very few, and the result is that I used Streets&Trips just one time before storing it away in a drawer six months ago. Just got one of the Garmin Nuvi 360s which is easier to use and fits nicely in my pocket. As a result,I actually use it. Rating: - OK For Trip Panning and S.A. On The Road - Not for GeocachingSee title - for geocaching you NEED DeLorme since it'll almost always show you which side of the creek the cache is really on! Rating: - If you don't mind using your PC, this is the best for the money!!!I have tried several other GPS programs - and this is by far the best out there in my opinion! Perfect directions, fast to redirect you, lets you know about construction... it has saved me time quite a few times! I tried a handheld GPS and the main difference is that the Microsoft Locator is just much more powerful than the handhelds I have tried. I don't have to stop the car to locate a satelite if I turn it on while I am driving. The Microsoft GPS Locator can find a satelite as I'm driving down the road! Obviously the fact that you need it connected to a PC is not as convenient as carrying a smaller handheld device but I usually have my laptop in the car anyway. On long trips we watch DVD's on the laptop and the GPS simply runs in the background. I would definitely recommend this for long trips. For running around a city, having to open up my laptop is not quite as convenient... but you can't beat the price for a GPS!
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