MSelig: I may have missed your answer to my question in earlier posts but I was wondering if my 5 year old Dell Laptop would have even a prayer of running the Sim, even if its may be a little slow or whatever?? It was a good computer at the time but I don't know any details of its components--just that I upgraded it to Windows XP and it handles that fine with about 5 gig left open on the hard drive. Appreciate your help---I am excited to order the sim but not right now if I have to buy a new computer too! Thanks, Jim