Snowbird writes:

Then you must prefer performing your flight simulation with the B747-100
over the B747-400, right?

They both provide about the same amount of information.

That said, sometimes even the most basic steam gauges are quite capable of
generating information overload ;-)

I find some analog altimeter designs to be rather counterintuitive.

For once, I have to partly agree. There is still improvement potential in
the user interfaces. However, compared to mechanical gauges it's no contest.

Until the computer fails, that is.