DeltaAlpha

Thank you Gents, Laptop and yoke ordered. Personally I'd use a joystick but this isn't for me. Still undecided on software at the moment but may get x-plane and fsw, install the pair and see which one he gets on best with. Sorted the fsx monitor issue, maybe if I'd looked first....! No doubt I'll need further help. cheers Kevin

thank you chaps Well that's the hardware sorted, just got to decide on software. Thanks for the other options for me to look at. Father in laws preference is jet airliners. No interest in Combat Sims. Downloaded and looked at FSX demo and it runs in 4:3 aspect ratio, does the proper version run on widescreen or is that a limitation of its age, or me not setting it up correctly? I guess Flight Sim World would be the better option but is only bundled with light aircraft, the Cub and Vans would be ideal for me, but I'm not doing it for

Hello chaps go easy on me this is my first post and this isn't entirely for my benefit! My father-in-law has decided he wants to get into flightsim's and I've been asked to "sort it out". I just need some reassurance I'm going the right direction and I'm not about to fall into a trap somewhere. I'd just like some opinions on which software to get him started with and whether the laptop we have in mind will be suitable. I confess to being behind the times with regards to computers these days, I was left behind when WinXP was replaced, and using them for m