Need some advice on Macintosh computer and its ability to runs FSX.I use presently 2 monitors and would like excellent video cards.Will be using boot camp and XP ProIs a MacPro too much hardware or should I buy an iMac?Would 2 video cards help I also use computer for PhotoshopThanks for any help in recommending hardware

I would also like to know if you can run FSX on a MAC and if so what do I need to bu? What are the restrictions if any and will it run all the addons like PMDG and PIC etc etc etc......Cheers,

I am running FSX on the new 24" iMac. I can answer your questions, just let me know.

Frontendrob, I'm interested too, what are your fps during the Tokyo mission ? Btw, no problem about fans and heat with this 3,06GHz ? Thanks !

I got the 24" 8800GS iMac with 4GB Ram directly from Apple. It is the most expensive iMac but still a lot cheaper than a MacPro which I don't think FSX would take much advantage of. The MacPro is all about multicore, and FSX will just use one or two. However you would be able to upgrade the graphics card in the MacPro - another thing FSX doesn't take much advantage of. Anyway a maxed out MacPro would run FSX better, but at twice the price.I am very satisfied with my FSX performance, unfortunately there are no 64 Bit drivers available from Apple, so Vista 64 cannot be used (unless you find the drivers yourself), thus PMDG 747 gives me OOM CTD's once in a while, as the 2 usable GB's in 32 Bit XP sometimes aren't enough. I am still tweaking my system, so I might find a solution.Using Bootcamp is a breeze. All you need is a XP CD with integrated SP2 or SP3, and the partitioning and installation is almost automatic. So is the driver installation - the OSX CD will install all at once - easier than with any regular PC. All you should do is replace the NVIDIA drivers with a new version. No hassles here. And the good thing is, you can dump Windows at any time and reinstall it, as your personal data on the Mac (in OSX) isn't affected. It's very comfortable, a perfect FSX environment.About performance... it is hard to compare but let me give you a little scenario here. I run FSX with scenery and autogen set to max, most other sliders are far on the right too. Weather settings are almost maxed ("Fair weather"), and I have 40% airline traffic with MyTrafficX 5.2. I lock the framerate at 25, and in any GA aircraft I will achieve these at 2500ft (unless youre in LA, NYC and the like). On the countryside, I get these 25FPS also in the PMDG 747 and LEVEL-D 767. However, approaching greater airports with these birds, the FPS will drop to 10, but I can live with that. Big Airports make FSX crawl on any hardware. Flying out of let's say KPDX I get constant 15FPS (PMDG) and it will move to 25 once I am above 15.000FT. All this without blurries, textures and autogen loading works smooth with no hacks applied. If you use the stock FSX aircraft you will get 30% better performance in most cases I believe.Let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks ! But theses drop of fps are likely the ones i already have with my old amd X2, so ! Some rumors of new imac with quad mid january, I'll wait for (old -11 years old ! - BW G4 to change !) or upgrade my pc with core i7 when mobo less expensive !btw bootcamp 2.1 provides the drivers for vista 64.

These drivers only work with the Mac Pro and the MacBook Pro. Not the iMac.

Thanks, i didn't knew this sad restriction.Don't know too if this tips from a FSX user works with all imacs :http://jonsview.com/2008/10/16/installing-...-bit-on-an-imacAnyway, good reason for me to wait !Btw, have you already seen FSX running on the last unibody macbook pro ? Found no thread about such, but some users seem to have surprisingly good fps under crysis.