Hey knotnuts;
I picked up my G4 from my LHS, yesterday. Installation was a breeze with no glitches, thank goodness. I test flew it before at my LHS and was not really 100% convinced. The graphics on their computer were not better than G3.5 or even FSOne, which they also have on the same machine for comparison. I said to myself: Oh, what the heck amd bought it. At home, after the install I started the sim and my chinn dropped. The graphics were stunning, much better than at the LHS. Well, I have to admit, I have a GeForce 8800 GTS video card with 640 Mb an my system runs Vista on 2Gb. That certainly helps a bit. But besides the unbelievable graphics, the physics are much better as well. Very realistic. I had a chance to try out the Aero Fly Pro Deluxe on my buddy's computer and found the planes are a bit too "floaty". I like the G4 better so far. It has a ton new features, which I haven't even tried out yet. What totally excites me is the realism. I bought it mainly to improve and learn more tricky maneuvers and to be able to fly during the nasty winter weekends. So far I spent 200 bucks very wisely.