Reccomend me a good GPS device.

Link me on Newegg or wherever.
Thanks.
(I have no experience in this, so feel free to explain the advantages and features of various models.)

garmin anything

Trimble > Garmin. A lot more expensive though. Trimble is for professional foresters, natural resource managers, surveyors, etc. Garmin is for the amateur GPS hobbyist.

I liked one I used this summer. Gave lat/long, speed, compass course. Also a VHF unit. Just a nice simple display, no graphical crap.

It really depends what you want to do with one.. Drive? Geo-caching? Marine use?

I use a Magellan and it get's me to where I need to go.

I didn't know using GPS was a hobbie

Yea, do you mean a hand-held one or a car one for driving directions?

Oh sorry for not being specific.

Something for driving. My (almost) mother-in-law wants to get one for her husband for christmas for in his car. After glancing around quickly, i found that they range in price from like $100 to over a thousand, but i could see no indication as to what made the $1000 model so much better cause I don't know what to look for.

If you want an entry-level GPS with no frills (no bluetooth, spoken street names, traffic, etc.), the Garmin Nuvi 200 is great and can probably be found for $150 or less (seen it as low as $100 before). The other models in the 200 line are actually worthless for most people. Don't get a 250 unless you need maps of Canada and Alaska, and don't get a 270 unless you need maps of Europe (those are seriously the only difference those have from the 200, and they cost more). Then you can go higher up if you want depending on features and how much you're willing to pay. I think the models with built-in FM traffic receivers start around $225 or so.

I definitely recommend Garmin's though of all of the GPS units I've messed around with (for driving at least).

I've got a tom-tom 920 that's done a pretty good job so far, but it needs freequent updating, my friend's got a magellan that's pretty good, I'd reccomend that one for simple use