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FS2004, a new revolution in simulation on a PC. Sorry to hear some customers had problems running the program. I would suggest you ask for advice on flightsim website forums which are very helpful and full of helpful fellow simmers and some real pilots who also use the program. Two top sites are: simviation.com and avsim.com With FS2004, this may just be a new beginning in simulation approaching realism. The day may come when we wear VR goggles and find flight simulation on an everyday PC indistinguishable from the real thing. However to get the most realistic value out of FS2004 today , addons from third party developers are required. Microsoft simply cannot add and develop all possible features unless FS became a flagship product like Windows. Some of the addon planes simulate systems and avionics up to 95% accurate in terms of completeness. Jetliner addons now have workable and flyable FMC components and flightplans(with data supplied from navdata.at). It's coming to the point where there are much fewer "dummy" cosmetic buttons on the instrument panel except for the emergency circuit breakers. Addon developers also contribute to the programmable scenery system of FS where artists can easily add new airpots , buildings and textures to the land meshes(basically grids of textures). Some of these excellent addon sites are precisionmanuals.com, flight1.com, simmarket.com, fsscene.com ; X-plane may have a more realistic basic flight model, but the massive community and developer following and addon technology(which also allows custom flight modelling development) for FS2004 have all but negated that advantage. It's almost becoming a simming "OS" for flight simulation where the possibilites are seemingly endless. Take the ActiveSky2004 addon for example which does dynamic weather using the cloud generating system of the main FS program.(which can include rain, hail , snow, even thunderstorms and lightning) Cloud layers and type are virtually there. You can see and fly through multiple cloud layers with the realistic effects on visibilty just as if you were flying in real life through the clouds. Fog and mist has never looked better. And that's just one of several fabulous features. To sum up, the value and innovative depth of this version also known as FS9 is just as revolutionary as the old days of FSII on 8-bit PCS.