Hi!

After looking at pics and reading the extremely favourable review in this month's edition of PCPilot magazine, I am seriously considering adding 727 Captain to my aircraft collection.  I currently have CS's 757 Captain which, though I did have a few issues early on, has become one of my firm favourites.

Firstly do you recommend the 727?  I'm supposed to be getting a new computer soon as we are having our pc-room redecorated, and as my PC usage is mostly FSX and other similarly demanding products, I am hoping to specify the new machine so it is tailored for FSX (Quad Core, 4Gb RAM etc).  The current machine I use FSX on is actually a laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo at 1.83GHz with 2.0Gb RAM and an nVidia GeForce Go graphics card with 128Mb cache.  Whilst it runs FSX ok, it does struggle with high-end aircraft addons.  I can just about get away with reasonable FRs with the 757 Captain in the VC, provided I turn traffic and autogen off and tone down the scenery settings to about Medium-Low.  So my next questions are, should I get the 727 Captain product now and try it on my current machine, or wait until I get a faster system?  And, more generally, what sort of system specs would you recommend for the new machine if I intend to use it primarily for FSX - i've been looking closely at Dell?

Now onto a different topic altogether really - airway navigation!  I understand the 727 had no FMC, and as it wasn't a long haul aircraft had no INS either, so we have to use VOR.  Whilst i'm fairly familiar with using VOR-VOR navigation, I like to be as realistic as possible and would therefore like to navigate using airways and intersections, much like FMC-equipped addons do - though they do it themselves with little or no pilot intervention!  Does anyone know how I can plan a flight using airways and intersections, and how to fly these in FSX (with the 727)?

Thanks!

Tom