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After purchasing a new laptop with Vista I discovered that my old moble GPS receiver did not have a driver for Vista. I would love to own the 2009 version but I need to be able to plan a trip on my home PC and then move it to a laptop for travel. I may eventually buy 2009, install it on my laptop and then use the old version on my home pc to create the trip and let the 2009 version upgrade the trip on the laptop. I have used S&T since 2005, purchasing each new version. Apparently the 2009 version requires you to purchase two copies in order to use the transfer feature.
I use it mainly while traveling. I was using S&T 2007 already and didn't want to buy 2008 because it will only allow use on one PC (requires MS registration). By purchasing this slightly used 2007 version with a new GPS receiver I avoided buying 2008. In general the 2007 version is pretty accurate and the new GPS Locator is much faster than my old version.
I use the program to invest in real estate so I put in a lot of destinations in a confined geographical area. First off, this is a good prduct and works though I had to use the cable to get the GPS to work, just plugging into the USB did not work inside 2 different cars. The problem I have with this program is that they have not done what is totally obvious in my mind: User puts in home address and when searching by just street name, the street name in the town that person is in is first, then that streets within that state, etc. When the program doesn't "learn" that I am aways searching the Toledo, Ohio area and use that as a proximity sort on searches and the program does not give the option of having a "home" to use as a reference, the function of the product is unnecessarily frustrating. As it is now, you put a street name in and you get that street in Arizona even though I have never made a search in Arizona.
Previously used 2006 as navigation in my work van and when the gps receiver broke, I decided to upgrade to 2008 Streets & Trips despite the poor reviews here. No problems or complaints since. The 2008 did not work properly and needed to be restarted continually, so I replaced it with 2007, which works great.
The Pharos 500 GPS receiver will not stay connected to the satellite signal for more that a few minutes, and once it loses it, you have to start over by shutting down the program and re-launching the ap. Not. Once it gets into my car, it loses the signal. Perhaps the most ironic thing about it is the GPS receiver works best when sitting on my 2nd floor window sill, exactly where it's never going to be used. Bought MS Streets/Trips (with GPS) 2007 expecting it to be a serious product with some degree of reliability. It's a mess. Buy a different GPS system if you expect to own one that works. I've used this in totally wide open areas of Dallas, TX, and there is rarely a time when the satellite signal is found, much less kept connected.
I have since upgraded to the 2008 version. This was good enough that upgrading was a no brainer.
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