[Pacific Planes]

First I would like to say anyone out there that is buying a new computer, DO NOT PURCHASE IT WITH WINDOWS VISTA. The program is terrible right now. I just returned a computer that had Vista installed. It is not copatable with anything and takes up twice as much memory that XP does. It will however be a great operating system in a year (but not sooner). Also, once you install Vista on a computer you can't install XP again. If you do, you may as well just buy another computer.

GallopingGost- I had the same problems that you did. I installed 3.5 on my new laptop (w/ XP proffesional) and it kept shutting off right in the middle of a flight (saying= unexpected error occured). I new right away that it had to be the graphics card. There are a couple of ways that you can fix it for anyone else out there reading. First if you go the settings of Real Flight you can tweak the resolution from high to low as far as graphics, fields, etc. There is a list. You wont even be able to tell a difference. It is really just the small things in the backround. In most cases that will work if you have a semi-decent graphics card. If that doesn't work you have to get a high resolution graphics card meant for gaming. Most of the time you can get them for under $150 bucks.