I am trying to hold off on a fixed mount chartplotter by making due with my handheld mapping gps for as long as I can. Reason being is that I believe there is gonna be a big shakeup in that market. There will be great quality b&w units for super prices, as the gps companies will use b&w units to sell entry level people on their brand and make their real big money on the color units. That and the chart prices are gonna come way down. I have even heard a RUMOR THAT microsoft has finally taken note of this recently expanded market for electronic charts and wants a big piece of this action. That should drive the prices way down as this should no longer be considered a specialty or niche market.