Magellan 1700-Opinions?

 

I've been a Garmin guy for a while, but I saw this Magellan at Costco the other day and I really liked it:
http://www.amazon.com/Magellan-RoadMate-1700-Widescreen-Navi...

I was wondering if anyone owned it or had any experience with it. It is quite large and I was wondering how much "real estate" it uses on the dash. Thanks!

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