Microsoft Expedia Streets & Trips Planner 2000

Pros: Easy to use, and gives great directions
Cons: NONE

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...

Pros: Extremely easy to use, html filing, web combination
Cons: None

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...

Pros: Accurate maps, good detail
Cons: Odd instructions occasionally

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...

Pros: publish in html, 6.3 million miles of roads, more features
Cons: no palm support

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...

Pros: Easy to use, a wealth of useful and easily understood trip info
Cons: No printed documentation, extremely wasteful packaging, no demographic info

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...

Pros: Very useful, jamp-packed with info
Cons: Interface can be tricky, bad CD case

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...

Pros: Easy to read maps, precise directions, hotel/restaurant/attraction finder
Cons: None so far

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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Pros: Directions with Lefts and Rights mentioned
Cons: Very slow GPS update frequency

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...

Pros: great for trips with multiple stops, incredibly accurate estimates of travel time and distance
Cons: program operates slowly - even on fast computers

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...

Pros: Great graphics & price, good routes
Cons: A bit out of date

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...

Pros: Easy to use, has several landmarks
Cons: No full install option, some directions are innacurate

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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Pros: Very accurate, quick route planning
Cons: Long install time, 2 discs

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...