I am a retired (put out to pasture) over the road truck driver. Back in the 80's and early 90's I had though once WOW wouldn't it be great to have a navigation system mounted on my dash. Back in Oct 06 I bought my wife a 07 Toyota Camry XLE which had the dash mounted system. Yes now I'm spoiled. I no longer go much further from home than about 30 miles unless I'm forced to, but would like to put my laptop in my Truck with Roadmaps and GPS. Simply put what is the best way to go for this. Remember I'm on fixed income, have four kids that are grown and have their own family but I still support them, 2 dogs, 3 cats and 4 or five bird feeders.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
If you want to do it really cheap there are a couple of options. Check around and see if you can catch a deal on either Microsoft Streets&Trips 2009 bundled with a GPS receiver or DeLorme Street Atlas 2009 bundled with a GPS receiver.
They both work well. Which one you choose depends a lot on what you want to use it for and how you like to work (the user interface is totally different between the two).
You can start by downloading the free trial version of Streets&Trips 2009 and see what you think of it. It's fully functional .. no tricks or limitations. It simply quits working after 60 days if you haven't purchased it in the mean time.
You can find the link for the free download in the first message of this discussion .. http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/2380-review-microsoft-streets-trips
...ken...
They both work well. Which one you choose depends a lot on what you want to use it for and how you like to work (the user interface is totally different between the two).
You can start by downloading the free trial version of Streets&Trips 2009 and see what you think of it. It's fully functional .. no tricks or limitations. It simply quits working after 60 days if you haven't purchased it in the mean time.
You can find the link for the free download in the first message of this discussion .. http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/2380-review-microsoft-streets-trips
...ken...