That's funny F14,

I read a post this week from a developer who said the migration to USB was being looked into esp given that laptops typically do not include a serial port. They did not feel it important to meet the USB 2.0 standard, but pretty sure he meant they were still migrating to USB adaptor.

I will not argue that XTR looks better, how it performs well that is the trick question eh. I expect it will be good (esp given that the original reflex aside from having aweful graphics had great flight physics) but then you never know till you really get your hands on it. I was less than happy with the included planes in XTR just not my cup of tea, I am sure there will be many many other planes added, but i'd give it 6 months or so before it's out in the states and has decent enough selection of aircraft.

For now I am happy enough with AFP, and even with a serial port worked great with my system: XP2000+, Geforce4-ti4200, 512mb 3200 memory, SB live 5.1, 40gig HD.