Damn…if you have a laptop get Microsoft Streets & Trips for a small fraction of the cost of that thing. Add the Truck Stops Plus template to it with 7250 stops including truck stops, Walmarts, rest areas, weigh stations, etc. at
www.truckstopsplus.com. Add an under $50 dollar mobile laptop stand from
www.mobilelaptopmount.com, and it’s everything you need for a small fraction of the price of that thing.
I would never trust any kind of product to do truck routing because new routes and low overheads are added and removed all the time. With the Truck Stops Plus, you can verify your routes right from your laptop screen and in a small amount of time. It only takes a few seconds. Likewise I would never trust the auto-reroute feature unless I was absolutely sure of the re-route. I’ve had some of them try to re-route through residential neighborhoods.
Oh yeah why a laptop is better, because you get a panoramic view you can’t get with stand alones, you also get point and click functionality, hence you can route and plan your trips a whole lot faster and easier, plus with a laptop you can multi task several jobs at one time, so it saves you tons of time. Not to mention all the other things you can do with a laptop.