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Only a guess, but I'm not sure if a laptop will handle MSFS's demanding graphics? I remember that MSFS had an app that checked the specs of a PC to see if your system is viable (before purchasing the flight sim). Welcome back to this crazy little hobby,,,

Most of us are now paying a tidy sum of money each month just to watch the many cable apps on TV. (A concept people scoffed at back in the the 1960's).

It's a cliche, but America, as well as many other counties in the world were changed forever in the '60s - for better or for worse. Big budget heartwarming movies are a rarity nowadays. I myself have not sat in a movie theater for more than 15 years. Today, ultra-violence and super heroes abound in films, all appealing to the youngins. Not my thing - maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon?

I know Nick probably stopped and kissed the sky on his way up...

I sound like a broken record: Forget the CD's: Install FSX-Steam and forget all your troubles - works on-line/works off-line... I've been using it since the end of 2015 problem-free.

I think the most universally accepted definition of a game is it that it requires both winners and losers. Even on a video game, someone is always trying to get a higher score than the previous best. I suppose on a flight sim app, you're a winner if you land "safely", and if you crash, well, ya know...

Still wondering about passenger cabin lights? Do they exist or not? (I have not yet installed Spotlight). If not, that's my only disappointment so far in this wonderful payware offering: Perhaps they will be included in any future updates...

Stupid question: Quickly scanned the FSLabs A320 Manuals - cannot find any mention of passenger cabin lighting - can they be turned on/off, is it automatic, or non-existent?

A lot of replies in the two big sim forums give advice to build your own rig - not everyone out there has the knack to build their own rig - especially someone not that familiar with installing very pricey electronics (one spark of static electricity can fry a bunch of delicate circuitry). It requires watching a lot of UTube videos, a very cool hand, and a logical mind. I've dabbled with the innards of a lot PC's over the years - even recently installed and cloned a second SSD card on my new gaming rig (via UTube), incurring lot of forehead sweat - But for sure, I paid a lot extra to have someone else to properly put the rest of it together.

Sorry, but when you have a wife, you cannot possible take really long flights without saving. (That would really be a kind of cheating). Thus, the longest flight I recall was Heathrow to Sydney in a Qantas A380, with a re-fueling stop in Singapore - saved three times, but no accel. or time compress. I believe it was about 9,300 nm. (BTW, I live in Florida).

Fear the Walking Thread!!!

Were they filming "Fear the Walking Dead" in the cabin? Seriously, great scenery! (I once to lived in downtown Manhattan for many years 'till 9/11).

NDFLIEGER: Sometimes I find registering for many flight sim sites, or their forums is almost like filling-out a mortgage application: It's like, your asking them for money. And after all that, you have to put together the little puzzles. :smile:

While just sitting here waiting patiently for the PMDG 747, I now know what my next purchase will probably be...

I watched this video twice before, and and I still find it to be a unique experiment to try to improve airliner safety...