You might consider X-Plane (www.x-plane.com); though it lacks a fair amount
of the polish that MSFS has, it has an incredibly good flight model and for
IFR work, the smoothest flight instrument movements of any PC sim out there,
even on my paltry 600 MHz PIII! No needle stutter whatsoever, and to watch
the CDI needle come off the peg and center in such fluidity is quite
impressive!. X-plane 7 is available now, its C-172 is better than
Microsofts, IMHO.

"Maule Driver" wrote in message
.com...
I'm getting ready to buy a new PC and want to set it up for a little IFR
simulation work. Not looking for a PCATD or anything. I'm thinking the
latest version of MS Flt Sim and the appropriate control peripherals. I'm
not a gamer - really just looking for a little procedure training.

Looking for HW & SW suggestions.

Anyone remember when MS FS came on one 360k bootable diskette? Jeez!