[Hauck]

I am about to buy a new PC with enough gaming power to run MSFSX capably for flight training purposes, but also am very interested in the new iMovie potential. Advice on whether I'd be happy with this Windows program running on a new high-end Mac. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks.

[griffman]

I've been using it on a Mac Pro (with the upgraded video card), and it performs quite nicely in Boot Camp.
-rob.

[Hauck]

Thanks for the reply, Rob! Do you think I will have any issues with the control yoke and rudder pedals I have been using on my PC with my older version of FS? Are there multiple choices on the video upgrade, and if so, which one should I pick?
--Chris Hauck

[griffman]

If you're running Boot Camp, you are using a Windows PC. Assuming your stuff plugs in via USB and not a serial game port, and has Windows drivers, it will work fine. I don't have pedals, but my Saitek Evo flight stick works quite well. The gaming card is the ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB option.
-rob.

[JohnnyA]

I installed MS Flight Sim 10 on a Boot Camp partition on my new 17" Macbook Pro (Santa Rosa chip set; 2GB of RAM; Apple's fastest internal drive; hi-res screen).
FS worked. But, for example, as a 767 came in to land in a demo flight (control tower view), the wheels were pixelated and only slowly (well, as compared with instantly) built into a solid landing gear.
Since I happen to have a screamin' Alienware desktop with a fast refresh monitor, I decided to uninstall the partition. I'll stick to Parallels for running my less demanding Windows apps on the MBP.
Admittedly, a new Mac desktop might have a much
faster video card, more RAM, etc. And produce better results.
I do love the convenience of OS X plus Windows on one portable pc.
Anyway, for what it's worth, that's my experience.

[SD_BFU]

Hey, thanks for bringing up the issue.
MSFS is the only thing, I miss after I went for Mac.
I have iMac - Intel 2.4 dual core with 2GB RAM and 256 MB video, will I be able to run FSX or FS9 under WXP via Boot Camp?
Cheers