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16 of 16 humans found the following review helpful.
Excellent Product
By Theron Krusling
Garmin has galore of the best client service I've ever dealt with. Very fast to respond to emails and phone calls. I necessitated aid because I swopped from Garmin NRoute to Mobile PC and necessitated to know where a lot of of the features that I was used to using were, and how to "upgrade". Both programs may subsist simultaneously! This is an even better program if you have a touchscreen laptop (which I do). Everything is exceedingly simple, yet still customizable. Very fast responses to searching and great Points of Interest database. I love this new version. I use mainly a very old Pentium II (panasonic toughbook cf-27) computer to run it, and it will have to just hardly meet the requirements, but if you put it on a newer computer, you get a lot more visual candy. Very likeable software and very smooth motion on a newer computer. If you're settling among this and one of the self-contained dashboard units, everything looks better on a 13" laptop screen than a 3" or 5". I believe that makes the software safer to use than a dashboard unit. Online features a also a huge bonus - where is the nearest most inexpensive gas station? - Done in 20 seconds on the old laptop and 5 seconds on the new one I have. This likewise exclusively BLOWS AWAY Microsoft streets and trips for the same price, and is a lot, I mean a ton and a half having little impact to use. I do service work, so I use this software all day each day to get around the Greater Cincinnati area. I've heard reviews that it compares to using one of their Muvi line of productions (which I do not own). It also has room for elaboration even though not much extra is available for it yet.
18 of 20 humans found the following review helpful.
Try Streets & Trips 2009 trial before you buy Garmin software
By egore
Garmin makes splendid GPS schemes for your auto. I have used one for various years, however, the Garmin Mobile PC software is not what I expected. Insallation wasn't too bad but not as easy as Microsoft Streets and Trips 2009. The Garmin software operates much like the Garmin 360 in my automati and is mainly designed for supplying driving selective information as you travel down the street. If you need to route out a trip, look at details and play "what if scenarios" it will not do it. In my sentiment most persons would be better off applying the Garmin software cost to a handheld Garmin. They are much more portable and usable. The GPS receiver that comes with the Garmin software does not work as well as their handheld units. On the other hand the Streets and Trips loaded on a PC makes it easy to route a trip and change it as needed. It may be used to plan trips,even without a GPS reciever connected. I have got rid of the Garmin Mobile PC software from my computer and have purchased the Micorsoft product.
1 of 1 humans found the following review helpful.
Very User Friendly Interface
By S. C. Saunders
I was a DeLorme GPS software user but wanted a PC based product that displayed in "3D", similar to the little GPS units in use today. Garmin Mobile PC software does just that, and does it well. The moving map displays the same as the little dash mounted units, and have read, is genuinely the same software modified for the Laptop PC.
Unlike the DeLorme product, which is "2D" based, the Garmin display shows the roads and turns out "ahead" of you, not "above" you. I'm very pleased with the product itself, but the installation could use some tweaking. I had to go to Garmin's FAQ and troubleshooting internet site to get it to install altogether and then, when running it underneath Windows 7, had to set it to "run as Administrator" to get it to operate correctly. Knowing this in front of time would have saved me a few hours of frustration, but having with great success installed it, it runs flawlessly on my new HP Pavilion Laptop...
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