i've deleted all my fs9 and fsx.......yesterday, my wife came to me and said...no way are we spending $4000 on a new computer with vista and upgrades etc., to fly little planes around......i started to react defensively, then stopped, and suddenly realized she's right.............my weakness like that of many others, is always wanting better, and better... and better comes along with a pretty stiff price tag...i can't just putter around with fs9, when all that potential of fsx is dangling in front of my nose..... too much of a tease..........so i said...thats it, and deleted all....and actually, i feel kinda good...like i've been freed from something...i'll continue to enjoy the forum now and then and watch other's joys and frustrations...and stick to building my 8 foot r/c model of my royal william which will take years yet, and r/c electric ww1 model planes......they at least have a beginning and an end and the only carrot in front of my nose is the one i place there myself  ....cheers, and happy flying....................vic

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. On some level, I kind of respect your decision..  I guess I  just look at it from the opposite perspective. When I ponder the number of hours of entertainment I receive.. week in, week out... year after year (and there's always something new to learn or do); Simming is pretty cheap. A golfer can't golf every day (and when he does it's $50 for a few hours), and just about any hobby (that can hold your attention, long term) is gonna be as, if not more, expensive.

Even if you factor in a $3600 computer every three years.. that's just over $3/day (actually quite bit less, 'cause MSFS isn't the only application, distraction, entertainment or even necessity you'll use that computer for)...

Fun/dollar ratio ?   It's tough to beat simming..  

Brett is correct, totally agree with that.  I myself am not well enough to go out drinking etc even if I wanted to.  I guess the price of this and your wife not knowing where you are, what you`re up to and who you are with should be enough to compensate for the initial outlay.  One which lasts longer than regular hairdo`s, ouch!  Runs very quickly.......   

Reider

Rieder and the other guys are right Yancovitch.... my wife likes it that I'm not out on the town drinking, but instead at home with the comp, and her, most of the time. Nowadays, every time I do some translation or proofreading work, she's fine about me spending some of the cash on payware addons, or bits and pieces for the comp. And this hobby is with you for life - something very hard to walk away from.... and in daily terms it isn't too expensive...

Tell her you decided that she was right and flying pretend little airplanes around is stupid so you want to learn to fly for real and I bet she'll foot the bill for a new computer herself. 

i agree mudduk, and thanks all.....i've always built, or had built my own. but fsx, to run sliders upish, will cost under $4000, not to mentions all the payware addons i'll want and upgrades........so... building and flying ww1 r/c electric models will have to sublimate for now, though i agree that, after four  years, fs has become quite quite an addiction. my wife said...sell your 4 foot model of the vasa, and then you can afford the computer....anyone want a model of the vasa??..only $8000 or best offer 
cheers, vic
(not easy to sell...believe me)

How attached to your wife are you?  Is she totally necessary?      

Reider

sorry to bring this back, but i just had to share...my wife said that wives of flight simmers should have their own forum...thought that was funny......