Customer Reviews for Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008 with GPS [OLD VERSION]

Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008 with GPS [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Streets and Trips 2008 with GPS [OLD VERSION]

Customer Review: Microsoft shows you the way
Summary: 5 Stars

I have GPS on my phone; GPS in my car; and now I have Bill Gates, whoops I mean GPS telling my notebook computer where to go and how to get there.
This was a purchase for the fun of having another toy to play with, and play I have. Even without the GPS it is useful. Kind of like having Mapquest without needing an internet connection.
Installation is simple, The GPS receiver provided is small and fits nicely in the very compact bag I use to carry my computer around and everything works as advertised.
Good content in the POI file, and the maps, at least for the northeast U.S. seem pretty complete and up to date.
When I compare route calculations with what the GPS in my Honda Pilot does, they are very similar.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with my purchase.
BTW, you can find standalone GPS receivers that use USB connectors and provide output in NEMA format. If you have/buy one of these then get MS S&T without the receiver. They should work fine together.

Customer Review: Good product
Summary: 5 Stars

Product as was described. Very happy with results and its pretty up to date. I live in Tucson AZ so with new housing and roads things are always changing. I would recommend this product.

Customer Review: Good News - Bad News
Summary: 4 Stars

Good News - Excellant product. Bad News - However if you have to reinstall on your PC (rebuild PC, hard disk crash, etc.) you can if you've used up your 2 installations. Have to contact Microsoft technical support, convince them you are reinstalling, not an additional install, and they walk you through given them LOTS of number and they have you enter LOTS of number to get it activated.

Customer Review: MS S&T 2008
Summary: 5 Stars

Used it for a road trip with my Asus Eee PC (ASUS Eee PC 4G Surf (7" Screen, 800 MHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, Linux Preloaded) Galaxy Black) and a power inverter - worked very well and I wouldn't have made it home otherwise! Planning a route an executing it using this software are two very different things, however; I abandoned the voice-guided directs early on and used it more as just a map. Excellent tool.

*Eee users note: I used EeeCTL software to overclock up to 900MHz. While 900 isn't required (stock worked well enough) I much preferred the higher setting while not on battery power. If it wasn't obvious, this was all while running XP.