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I am a complete ignoramus and just need some basic advice about what the best software is, as well as GPS hardware required. I live in Philadelphia and just need basic voice instructions. Price is the least important criteria for more - reliability, user-friendliness and accuracy the most.I was about to buy an $800 Garmin handheld GPS, when someone told me using a laptop GPS system is vastly superior. My laptop goes everywhere with me, so is this the best option?

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I'm a complete.; what do I need? I live in Philly and do mostly local travel, often at night.

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So reliability, accuracy and user-friendliness are the most important requirements.Any advice would be appreciated! Hi hwebb01,Welcome to Laptop GPS World.Since your laptop goes everywhere with you, you may as well use it for GPS navigation, too. It may indeed be a solution superior to any other navigation device, if you mount your laptop in your vehicle properly. For a couple of hundred dollars you can order a professional vehicle mount by RAM-Mount, or other manufacturers.We have here a list of reviews of various PC GPS Software. Look though some of the reviews, and feel free to ask further questions.Laptop GPS receiver is the easiest part. You can choose almost any USB GPS or Bluetooth GPS on the market today.

They are quite inexpensive, $30 to $60 for the most part. Anything manufactured in the past two years is very good, and most are compatible with most software. Well, I'm going to play my usual contrarian role here, just for a little advocacy for the devil.If you just want basic navigation and not a lot of extensive trip planning features, and if you want it to be quick and simple to start up and use, the laptop is not the way to go. For simplicity and flexibility for personal navigation, a handheld personal navigation device is so superior to a laptop that there's no comparison.Think about the type of vehicle you have and how difficult it may be to position a mount for the laptop so it is in a position where you can see and use it safely and effectively. That's pretty good for an in-vehicle mount.

My brother can't get his locked into his RAM mount in his 3/4T Dodge in anything like 3 seconds. By the time he pulls it out of the carrying case, gets it into the mount and locked, connects the power cord, opens the screen and clamps the screen stay in place, it's probably closer to thirty seconds. If he's had his morning coffee. If not, all bets are off.:rofl'In 10 seconds I can pop my iQue 3600 into it's mount, flip the antenna up, push the power button on it and start the car. The iQue is instant on but it's really old technology so it takes a block or so before it has a lock.ken. Terry, I use my HP tx2000 in tablet mode, so that likely makes it easier for me to place it into the RAM mount.

With left hand I pull on the left sliding part of the tray, my right hand places the tablet into place, and that's it. It doesn't take more than 3 seconds.Would I want my wife to use this for her navigation?

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As Ken suggested, a PND is more suitable for most people. But if a person requires a laptop, a UMPC, a tablet PC, a CarPC for some other reason(s), then as you say, navigation on a PC does offer flexibility. You're right. I didn't really think through what prompted me to respond other than to bellyache about the recent trend to do 'bold' graphics in the latest dumbed down interfaces, including the maps. That even includes Garmin's Mobile PC laptop navigation program. On a 1024x600 netbook screen I can't get much more detail with Mobile PC at any given zoom level than I can with my old iQue 3600 handheld with its 4' diagonal screen.There is a significant difference between, say, Streets&Trips and Mobile PC in the amount of detail you can get on the screen at any given zoom level, even though they both use the same maps.So, I guess what I really wanted to say is that even on a laptop or netbook with significantly larger screens than typical personal navigation devices, some manufacturers can manage to reduce the advantage the much larger screen should have. But the bigger screens on laptops are still significantly better for planning and visual navigation.

I guess that's why I have six or seven nav programs on my netbook. Or maybe eight.ken.