Oh yeah . . . forgot to include the price of the program (Equinox). It is $50.
I haven't bought it yet though - still using trial version. I like to try the planetarium with Palm pilot before purchasing. I know that the Palm is much smaller and easier to carry/store. But I like the big screen on my laptop -12". I can set to see the whole sky (180 degrees) or part of it (up to 5 degrees). I can also see both coordinates in RA/DEC and Alt/Az. One other advantage of Equinox over Planetarium is that I am able to use the program for tracking What it is invloved - I don't know yet. Oh yeah . . . one more thing MACs hardly crash . . . he he he . . .

So all in all the price for this HYBRID degrees setting is around $150.
Still way cheaper than a DSC which will cost me around $700 (the unit and the mounting kit)

(I use hybrid since the smartTool is digital for the Alt. But for the Az is analog)

Happy Tinkering people.

Ridwan