I called Electronics Boutique today (Sunday) and just wanted to check if they had FSX in stock for Tuesday. Some clerk there told me that if I had left a deposit ( which I had ), that it was ready to be picked up today. So, I drove about 12 miles to the mall, and looked forward to getting my copy. When I got there, some head geek said that the clerk who told me that thought the date was the 11th instead of the 17th, and he would not give me my copy because Microsoft would fine him $1000.00 per infraction. After trying every comeback I could come up with (drove far because they said I could pick it up), they still turned me down, and said, "Sorry, come back on Tuesday."Oh well, so close....but yet so far. 48 hours, and it'll be all over. Stan

:-lol you ain't kidding, in more ways than one!

Well, actually I have a surprise sitting here in my "computer room" that I'm setting up tomorrow. It's still in the boxes, and I'm taking tomorrow off from work to set it up.It's a new Dell XPS Conroe E6700 (2.66GHz,1066FSB with 4MB cache) with Dual Nvidia 7950 Video Cards (1 gigabyte), 4 (yes...FOUR)gigs of RAM, and an X-Fi PCI sound card.So....I think in 48 hours, I should be OK. What do you think? Stanps.....I'll write a report by Wednesday, the 18th.

LOL, I figured somewhere in Dallas it would be on the shelf, so I went searching yesterday. Best Buy had a whole display - BINGO!Regards, MichaelKDFW

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI-x16 / AMD

I am here in Battle Creek Mi and every store in my area has the signs up and even the official book for FSX but nobody will come off of the program......ARGH! come on Monday.

You mean TUESDAY! Stan

Stan-I wish I could help you out-I still owe you one!http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

Geofa,No...you don't owe me one. Just keep experimenting with our mutual hobby and keep the good advice coming. I really look forward to your photographic shots showing REALITY from your plane, and the exact FS comparisons. They are truly a treat for the forum. I'm sure everyone appreciates your input and dedication. Stan

Sounds like your system will be great. I'm another one thats waiting for release day mine being a preorder. Look forward to your report with that new monster computer.

>Look forward to your report with that new monster computer.That ain't no joke, sounds like a sweet rig!The Wal*Mart here in Cassville has no FSX anything up anywhere. Ooh! But I have my name on a piece of paper, so they can call me when they have it! Lol, I have a feeling when I show up at 7:00AM Tuesday that I will be at least 24 hours ahead of there call. I hope it's there!!!!-Jeremy Burchhttp://home.earthlink.net/~dawgfighter/sit...es/swvasig1.gifSWVA4806 http://www.virtualswa.com/home.phpThe Ozark Dogfighter http://forums.avsim.net/images/wedge.gifCurrent system:Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 641 (3.40GHz), Abit AW8D, Gigabyte GeForce 7900GTX (512MB DDR3 PCI-Express x16),Corsair XMS2 Pro 2GB PC2 6400 (DDR2 800), 2 SeaGate Barracuda 250GB hard drives, Sound Blaster X-Fi PlatinumKlipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 speakers, NEC 20" CRT, Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2Please note: System specs are for reference in tech forums only and are not to be taken as meaning anything else.Doing so will result in eye-rolling, possible teeth grinding and perhaps mild internal chuckling.Happy Flying!

Stan:LOL! Make sure that you come back here after you get your new rig set up and get all the tweaks like the rest of us. Avoid big cites, turn off most autogen, turn off most ai traffic, turn down weather visibility, reduce your texture sizes, cloud sizes, autogen sizes, edit the fsx.cfg and add stuff about threads and autogen densites, say a prayer and methinks you should get frame rates in the high teens over Munk Gulch, Minnesota, 2 FPS in NYC, 18-20 fps in Seattle and a headache from scratching it while muttering obsenities that most teenagers haven't invented yet.Sorry, unless you are running Vista+DirectX 10+DX10 video card (none of which exist yet) welcome to FSX H3LL, we've been waiting for ya. No, your eyes are not deceiving you...that stuttering, blurfest in front of you is promised to get better in a few years when the technology catches up. Unfortunately, your new wizbang rig will be as usefull as a submarine with a screen door right now (hey but I'm sure it will run Doom3 like stink on a skunk!)Enjoy. (Edited for spelling)

>Stan:>>LOL! >>Make sure that you come back here after you get your new rig>set up and get all the tweaks like the rest of us. Avoid big>cites, turn off most autogen, turn off most ai traffic, turn>down weather visibility, reduce your texture sizes, cloud>sizes, autogen sizes, edit the fsx.cfg and add stuff about>threads and autogen densites, say a prayer and methinks you>should get frame rates in the high teens over Munk Gulch,>Minnesota, 2 FPS in NYC, 18-20 fps in Seattle and a headache>from scratching it while muttering obsenities that most>teenagers haven't invented yet.>>Sorry, unless you are running Vista+DirectX 10+DX10 video card>(none of which exist yet) welcome to FSX H3LL, we've been>waiting for ya. >>No, your eyes are not deceiving you...that stuttering,>blurfest in front of you is promised to get better in a few>years when the technology catches up. Unfortunately, your new>wizbang rig will be as usefull as a submarine with a screen>door right now (hey but I'm sure it will run Doom3 like stink>on a skunk!)>>Enjoy. >>(Edited for spelling)HAHAHA That info should posted at the top of the forum or on the Retail box for anyone looking to purchase it now. :-lol & ;( at the same time!

Unbelieveable! I've never seen such "glass is half-empty" attitudes!Of course, I remember FS9, FS2002, and all the rest. They ALL had to be "massaged". I've read many reports on this forum and the other forums where many satisfied simmers have emerged after installing FSX. I truly believe that many of the systems that have issues here also have serious issues with other programs or they're just not built up to the specs necessary to get decent frames. Time will certainly tell. Regardless of my systems specs, I will still avail myself of tweaks and ideas put forth on this forum, because some of the best "sim-minds" are here, and we do have Microsoft listening and waiting for our input.BTW....The glass is really "half-full"!