I've been involved in the Vista beta program for quite some time, and have helped submit issue reports when I could. I can say that since RC1 I've been very happy given the limited support for worldwide software that I commonly use.I fired up Vista tonight to test out FSX performance on the same machine (I have a dual boot machine) I run WinXP on. I must say that I'm extremely impressed because it runs better for me on Vista RC1 that it does on WinXP same hardware. Of course I updated to the latest nVidia drivers first http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_96.85.htmlThere is only one draw back to running our Games and Sims on Vista, you need to turn off all the fancy stuff that Vista has to offer (at least for RC1 you do). If you don't, the DX9 screen won't even update in window or full screen mode, its simply black or a major slide show.Having figured out what I need to do to fly my favorite Sim, I did it.1. Right Click "My Computer" and Select "Properties"2. Click on "Advanced System Settings"3. Click on "Settings..." of the Advanced tab4. Set Visual Effects to "Adjust for best performance"This disables all googly eye content of Vista and allows FSX to run like a Dream! I'm so impressed that I will be flying FSX from Vista RC1 from now on. I've included a few screenshots below (well.. quite a few) and with the same tweaks I applied to my WinXP/FSX boot I simply can't say Thank you enough to the Ace's team for a job well done. Cannot wait to see what the DX10 combo will bring us!I've only posted one screenshot here for reference, if you would like to see them all go here http://www.wspilots.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=19507

Nice shots. I have skipped XP in favor of keeping my old trusty Win 2K Pro, and with FS9 there are no limitations in using Win2KPro. I am going to wait til Vista is out, then pick up FSX. Cool stuff to look forward to!Noel