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Rand McNally StreetFinder and TripMaker Deluxe

Rand McNally StreetFinder and TripMaker Deluxe

List Price: $49.99
Your Price: $34.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Way out of date, incompetent, incoherent
Review: I have been using streets & trips 2001 for a few years, but found it getting incresingly out of date, with the new construction going on around my locale, so I went out and bought this product. Unbelievably, though I bought it at least three years after microsoft streets & trips, it was even MORE out of date -- and the interface looks more dated. Worst of all, the very street I live on -- which has been here at least 10 years now, probably more -- was shown incorrectly, it is a through street, this program shows it as a dead end!

In short - a way out of date competitors product you can buy on ebay for $3 is better than this piece of ####. It isn't even worth the time spent installing it (I had to swap the same CD in and out at least 5 times -- what's with THAT?), let alone what3ever money you pay. I'm deleting it off my drive & going back to S&T 2001 for now.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Way out of date, incompetent, incoherent
Review: I have been using streets & trips 2001 for a few years, but found it getting incresingly out of date, with the new construction going on around my locale, so I went out and bought this product. Unbelievably, though I bought it at least three years after microsoft streets & trips, it was even MORE out of date -- and the interface looks more dated. Worst of all, the very street I live on -- which has been here at least 10 years now, probably more -- was shown incorrectly, it is a through street, this program shows it as a dead end!

In short - a way out of date competitors product you can buy on ebay for $3 is better than this piece of ####. It isn't even worth the time spent installing it (I had to swap the same CD in and out at least 5 times -- what's with THAT?), let alone what3ever money you pay. I'm deleting it off my drive & going back to S&T 2001 for now.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: OMG what a waste of time and money!!
Review: Well first let me say this software came with my Deluo USB GPS as part of the package. The GPS is great and worth every penny I paid, but the Street Finder software is not worth the CD it was burned on!! The maps are old and out dated, the user interface was written by someone who obviously really could care less about easy of use, and the trip routing was the worst I have ever had the displeasure of using. Please save yourself the brain aneurism that this will cause you while trying to configure and use for your next vacation or trip and get Microsoft Streets & Trips 04. I can't stress enough how utterly horrible Rand McNally Street Finder is. Amazon has a great price on Microsoft Streets and Trips 04 and there's a $10.00 MIR to boot.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Dont Even waste your time with this Software
Review: Where do I start.. Hmm the fact that this program is the biggest waste of $45 i have ever spent on something in a long time.

I purchased this program before heading out on a cross-country road trip this summer, in hopes of using it as a supplemental program for finding points of interest, dining, and lodging. Well, the Rand McNally CD's made good coasters at the hotels we found using another program.. The GPS interface would not even work no matter what, and I currently own a new Garmin Vista Unit, so using this program for on the spot navigation was out of the question. Searching for local attractions to familiarize myself with the program only turned up places that have been closed for the past ten years, or a very limited listing.

Worst of all, the store will not take this prog back because it has been opened, yada yada yada. So, now I am stuck with a $45 P.O.S. I would have more fun wasting the $45 in the slots in Vegas.

DO NOT BUY THIS PROGRAM !
DO NOT BUY THIS PROGRAM !
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I did not see these complaints
Review: While I have not used the GPS, streetfinder works well at locating and mapping the addresses that I need. The real bonus is TripMaker which has allowed us to map out and plan long trips through several states and make reservations along the way. I would not leave home without it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I did not see these complaints
Review: While I have not used the GPS, streetfinder works well at locating and mapping the addresses that I need. The real bonus is TripMaker which has allowed us to map out and plan long trips through several states and make reservations along the way. I would not leave home without it.


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