This scenery delivers high frame rates and is designed for 64bit operating systems with dual or quad core processors running Windows 7 64bit, direct x 11, with a minimum of 8gb DDR2 RAM plus a large page file and video card set to 3D settings. Other computer systems will have to have sliders set to lower settings. A good video card such as GeForce 275 set for 3D settings and 8gb DDR2 RAM. If you can run your current FSX with all sliders set to maximum you can probably run this scenery. Dual core processors running 64bit Windows 7 should also have good performance. All scenery files go into your addon scenery/scenery folder. NOTE: Windows 7 64bit is a true 64 bit operating system taking full use of your high end processor.

Back at the Windows 8 Developer Preview launch, Steven Sinofsky, president of the Microsoft Windows and Windows Live division, published a list of machines that are in the company's test labs. The ultimate experience of Windows 8 will come from a new crop of machines that are being designed specifically for the new OS but Microsoft has indicated that many existing PCs will be upgradable as well. While the Developer Preview has been out for several months, perhaps you're ready to give it a spin, maybe to build some apps or just to get the feel of Windows 8 and its brand-new Metro interface. Sinofsky emphasized that these are by no means recommended, certified or devices with a Microsoft logo, but rather a view of what the company has been using to build and test Windows 8 Developer Preview.