Hi there...I have Microsoft Flight Sim 10 installed on my Gatewat laptop computer that has a Intel Centrino Duo 1.6 ghz processor and 2 gb of ram. I am considering purchasing the 747-400X add in and was wondering if it will run OK on this computer. I am wanting this add in to use as a FMC trainer and for systems review. I am a 400 pilot at UPS airlines and this looks like an ideal add in for practice.Also can I install this software on both my desktop and my laptoip computers with out any problems or would I need to purchase it twice?Thanks for any and all help.Rich Bucholtz

You'd have to ask the manufacturer about their license policy.As to your system, it's not the fastest and I'd never consider installing FSX on a system like that.FS2002 maybe, not FSX.

It'll run. but the sliders will need to stay to the left. However, you're not going to be looking out of the window much. That's not where the magic happens with this model. With this addon onboard, MSFS is Very hard to call a video game. The audience here enjoys airplane based video games . . . and I do too, but the PMDG addon is significant. There are a couple of guys in the PMDG forum that actually understand the depth of this model, but that's about it. Check out their forum, here on Avsim. It's not the friendliest place, but there Are some guys there that can help. One of the mods just got type rated in the -400. He should be fairly up to speed (I just wish they'd stop calling it the the "Queen." Ahhh, is it just me>)? PMDG did a great job modeling the APFD system and the FMS. Keep your database updated via Navdata. It's pretty close. Vnav was quite a struggle, but they finally got that settled down too. It's all there. I learned my first FMS from this model. The official training I received was laughable. As you know, the first FMS is the hardest and this is how I finally 'got it.' (I even got an A300's FMC setup the other day . . . although, it took all day!)One of my fav 'gameplays' is the Ziggy 3 into ONT. I'll find a convient cockpit campsite out on the 400 row, (411's the best seat in the house) I'll tune up 127.25 and wait for one of you guys to call in over Lake Arrowhead. "12 for 11, information Quebec." I have a flight saved right there on the Ziggy 3. At the callin, I'll unpause and fly right along with ya'll, following the real ATC vectors. Finally "Cleared to the ILS 26 left approach." Loc and GS capture, the three APs light and I'm about done. As long as I don't have to touch that darn yoke thing, I'll survive. It's "Land 3" from there. "Contact tower on 120.6" Almost home.It's a real kick to look up from my screen as I clear the threshold on my 'puter, and see that real 742 right there in Real Life. That spot 411 really the best seat in the house. Just for fun, I'll pull out an old 742 flight envelope from the toss-out bin. I'll load that flight plan into the FMC. Fuel to ramp fuel, morph at the departure airport and go flying. I'll match burn numbers right along with the doodle sheet's. It's hard to match winds aloft, but it's fun to get a feel for what really goes on. Hours of boredom. I can see why the fuel numbers start to skip a waypoint (or 2) 'bout mid fight. Me too. The PMDG forum had a 744 F/O give an extremely detailed account of a flight from London to LA. I loaded it into the PMDG FMC with the Actual winds entered as Projected winds waypoint by waypoint. Burn was about 1000 lbs off. I was floored. Yea, it's that good. PMDG did a good job. I have actually mastered Vnav. That was a miracle all by itself. Go get it, and practice your Ziggy 3. The 744 you say? I understand it won't be long now. Check out spot 411. Geme a little wing waggle.And if something breaks, let me know, I'm probably the only ground guy that actually understands how that FMC works . . . thanks to this goofy video game. How woulda thought?