Hi, first time poster here, though I used to be a regular on Runryder a few years ago.
Well, I Have decided to have another go, after about 6 years of inactivity.
My 10-year old computer was declared "obsolete" and the kids bought me a new "proper" one...I don't get on with touch-screens and the like...at 67 , i'm turning into a Luddite!
My old 'puter ran Ubuntu linux and had a dual-boot start screen, which enabled me to boot Windoze XP, which was bought solely to run Realflight.
I upgraded to 3.5 with night-flying, some photo-fields (don't like them!) and bags of other features I haven't touched.
The Big Question ! Is it true I can't run XP on a computer built less than a year ago?
Is it true that G3.5 won't run on it, either?
Or is it just too much hassle for the offspring to set it up/....In spite of the advances in "plug'n play", I suspect that I will still have to boot directly into Windoze in order to use Realflight.
Computer is presently running latest Ubuntu issue....I am not at all familiar with Win. and do not want to shell out on that again, just for a flight -sim.....I was tempted to refit the rescued hard-drive back into my old machine, purely to run R/F.
Anyone out there with any suggestions, please?
Well, I Have decided to have another go, after about 6 years of inactivity.
My 10-year old computer was declared "obsolete" and the kids bought me a new "proper" one...I don't get on with touch-screens and the like...at 67 , i'm turning into a Luddite!
My old 'puter ran Ubuntu linux and had a dual-boot start screen, which enabled me to boot Windoze XP, which was bought solely to run Realflight.
I upgraded to 3.5 with night-flying, some photo-fields (don't like them!) and bags of other features I haven't touched.
The Big Question ! Is it true I can't run XP on a computer built less than a year ago?
Is it true that G3.5 won't run on it, either?
Or is it just too much hassle for the offspring to set it up/....In spite of the advances in "plug'n play", I suspect that I will still have to boot directly into Windoze in order to use Realflight.
Computer is presently running latest Ubuntu issue....I am not at all familiar with Win. and do not want to shell out on that again, just for a flight -sim.....I was tempted to refit the rescued hard-drive back into my old machine, purely to run R/F.
Anyone out there with any suggestions, please?