cyberbiker6

At one time MS FS was the top selling game in computers. Wanna-be pilots were popping up globally. What changed? Not the introduction of a far wider variety of games. It was the jump in computer power required from FS10 to FSX. The consumer world was moving to laptops and FSX only catered to desktops with powerful processors and graphics cards. I bought it and installed it on the best of my two laptops, then went back to FS 2004 because it work well laptops and FSX didn't. The FS community is a combination of actual and virtual pilots. I have used it for years to keep my instrument skills up. I have used it as a training device for instrument students so they could do six approaches in and hour with coffee instead of draining their cash blowing another 15 minutes of flight time to be re-sequenced because the glide slope needle had hit the stops and required a missed approach. After FS, by the time they got in the aircraft, they were ready to fly into high density airports during dual time and graduate with a deeper understanding and experience level. For better graphics, Microsoft left a large segment of its consumer base behind. Hope Prepar3D developers realize that and avoid the same mistake. Prepar3D needs to have a step down capability to work effectively on laptops and even tablets and netbooks to embrace the size community to make sales reign supreme again.