I finally succumbed to temptation and d/l'ed the latest version of Google Earth (cleanly over-wrote my older copy). Then I zoomed in to my apartment and turned the Sky on. It might be an interesting way to look at astrophotographs if you didn't have to zoom in so far as to loose the context of location. Otherwise, you have to endure variously-colored "measles" superimposed all over the sky.

As a tool for stargazers, it's a bust. I'm not real thrilled with Stellarium, either, but at least it gives you the option of a horizon, and a coordinate grid.

Call me old fashioned, but I still rely on my shareware version of CyberSky.