[Moose4]

Were it not for the fact that I tend to use my machine a lot for gaming, and those games don’t have Mac versions (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and a few online games), I would switch to a Mac at this point. I have no need for a bloated, intrusive OS like Vista, and I’m pretty pissed that Microsloth is now going to ram it down our throats.

}:-)4

[1rudeboy]

Are you familiar with EVE Online? If so, do you have an opinion on the sort of specs you’d like to see in a laptop that plays it? (Not interested in other games).

[chaos_5]

Just wait until the big game companies start releasing their dx10 games and you have to get new hardware and vista.

[AFreeBird]

...and those games don’t have Mac versions (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and a few online games), I would switch to a Mac at this point...

Have you heard of FlightGear? Maybe not as polished as MS FlightSim - yet - it is coming along at a nice pace. They are actively working on getting it certified as an FAA PC Aviation Training Device. It's free, open source, extensible (if you want to try your hand at Flight Dynamics Models) and it runs on Windows (2K/XP), MAC OSX, UNIX, and Linux.

FYI