60cs for $250 or 60csx for $399?

Upgrading from an eMap, the 60cs contains most of what I want, the
60csx contains everything I want. But currently the price difference
for me is $125. (REI has the 60cs on sale for $299, plus $50 rebate).
The 60cs is a really good deal at the price.

When the 60 series came out, I said to myself, I am gonna get it (60c)
once the price hit $300. Now the 60CS has, except there's a better one
out there. ;)

For me, the 60csx has several advantages:

- bigger map memory. While 56mb is a mile ahead of my emap's 8mb,
having 1G in there would be really sweet in the future. The advantage
for me is I don't need to upload/download maps prior to my trip, I can
pretty much fit everything I want to go in there. But with the USB
interface, it's still miles ahead of my emap's serial port.

- Higher sensitivity. Not a big deal in my home town, but when I go on
trips, in plane, onboard trains, bus, the high sensitivity would be
nice.

- tracklog to microSD card. I can literally store my entire weeks of
travel tracklog from taking off to landing, without truncating my
tracks.

- 14 waypoint characters vs 10.

The eMap's 2k trackpoint is ok for short trips, but inadequate for
long trips. The 5x trackpoint in the 60 is a significant improvement
for me, and chances are should be enough for me, considering I can
turn the tracklog on/off and tune it as needed. The memory is a nice
improvement, but not an absolute requirememet, considering I've using
the 8mb on my eMap for so long. The 14 character waypoint is also a
nice plus, but not an absolutely necessarity.

So really the only thing I would be missing is the high sensitivity.
Is it really worth the extra $150?

Raymond
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