Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Dec 02 '00
Pros: Easy to use, and gives great directions
Cons: NONE
Summary: Are you tired of sometimes not being able to find your way around a town that you are unfamiliar with? How about when you are on vacation and you want to take a trip, but to afraid that you will end up being lost in some State?
Or even for ... read more
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May 24 '01
Pros: Very accurate, quick route planning
Cons: Long install time, 2 discs
Summary: Simply put this program is the best on the market.
Despite it's very, very long loading time it will be the last time that you will have to wait for S&T. When you think of many mapping programs you think of them showing the major ... read more
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Feb 06 '01
Pros: Easy to read maps, precise directions, hotel/restaurant/attraction finder
Cons: None so far
Summary: I received Streets & Trips 2001 as a Christmas present. I was apprehensive at first about trusting a computer program to give me directions. It turned out the be the perfect gift as I was just a week away from heading on a long driving trip.
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Nov 07 '00
Pros: Easy to use, has several landmarks
Cons: No full install option, some directions are innacurate
Summary: Now, you can.
When I moved to New Jersey last year, my new job required a lot of driving for me. One of my co-workers suggested Microsoft's Expedia 2000. I think that was one of the best moves I made since I moved down here.
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Oct 02 '00
Pros: Very useful, jamp-packed with info
Cons: Interface can be tricky, bad CD case
Summary: Bill's Streets and Trips 2000 Review
Hey all. Bill's here to talk about the newest line in Microsoft's Automap series, Streets and Trips 2000.
INTRODUCTION
Do you ever have to go on the road? Do you have to get to ... read more
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Aug 01 '00
Pros: Accurate maps, good detail
Cons: Odd instructions occasionally
Summary: I recently purchased the latest edition of Microsoft Streets and Trips, 2001 edition. I was hoping it was better than the old Microsoft package, Automap. So far, I would say that it is. I bought it because I had very little to lose. After the rebate that ... read more
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Jul 17 '00
Pros: Great graphics & price, good routes
Cons: A bit out of date
Summary: I have always been impressed with the Automap products. I was using them back when it came on five floppys and ran in DOS. It has improved amazingly since then. Before I bought Streets & Trips 2001, I was using Streets '97. It was an okay program ... read more
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Jul 11 '00
Pros: publish in html, 6.3 million miles of roads, more features
Cons: no palm support
Summary: I travel a lot. And I usually do it by car. I'm dj'ing in West Palm Beach Florida in a few weeks, I live in Baton Rouge Louisiana.... perfect time for a ROAD TRIP!!! A friend of mine who is coming with me had just recently got the 2001 addition to ... read more
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Jul 08 '00
Pros: Easy to use, a wealth of useful and easily understood trip info
Cons: No printed documentation, extremely wasteful packaging, no demographic info
Summary: Test environment(s):
Toshiba Portege laptop (128 MB RAM, 7GB drive, 500MHz, 24x CD-ROM)
Micron PC (128 MB RAM, 15 GB drive, 500 MHz, DVD drive)
Windows 98 Second Ed. (on each machine)
T1 connection for Toshiba, 56K ... read more
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Jun 10 '00
Pros: great for trips with multiple stops, incredibly accurate estimates of travel time and distance
Cons: program operates slowly - even on fast computers
Summary: I drive several thousand miles a month on business visiting over 150 clients in the southeast. On every trip I take, I am accompanied by a printed trip itinerary from Microsoft Streets and Trips 2000. The program is a vital piece of software on my ... read more
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Jun 07 '00
Pros: Extremely easy to use, html filing, web combination
Cons: None
Summary: Attention: this review describes the all new Streets 2001 but is still listed under Streets 2000. I will remove this note when fixed.
Test environment
Toshiba Portege 7020 laptop (196MB RAM, 7GB HD, 350MHz, 24x CD ... read more
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May 18 '00
Pros: Directions with Lefts and Rights mentioned
Cons: Very slow GPS update frequency
Summary: Excellent routing software! I live in Canada and naturally the first thing I did was test some routes it suggested against ones that we usually take to get there faster. I was very happy (grin) to see that the routes it suggested were same as the ones I ... read more
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