ElGuito

Thanks Ant1-b0dy (cool nick) and BlueSpot. I take back my expectancy of 64bit support, there are not many programs yet that have it, those which do (for example Firefox) are still for testing, since all the plugins don't work. And yes, it was my enthusiastic decision to get XL 2011 - finally here! I want it! - without reading the small print on the side of the box for the specifications. Still OK for those who qualify for upgrade price. Some of my friends who haven't seen SimCities before are fascinated with the idea of building a whole city and managing it. So I've temporarily lost control and access to my machine, and may have made a few sales, as some people, who are not into computer simulations, want this at their home computers!

Hello all. Indeed it is slower than XL. I am running on the same exact machine and after "Click to Confirm..." this new XL 2011 takes up to 5 seconds, sometimes, before I know it took the click. As it is labeled XL 2011, you would expect for it to fully take advantage of a multiprocessor, multicore system running in 64bit mode on an operating system that can address many Gigabytes of memory, AND offload the graphics load to the GPU. Does not seem to be the case. As for the sales pitch of 200 new buildings and structures, well, I'll probably will never see them. Ok with me to have donated $20 to the new owners, I should have waited some more months and read reviews or tested it with someone else who upgraded. DOH!

Hello all. New to Simtropolis, but not new to SimCity. It is until now that I find the time and have the proper machine to run SimCity 4. I haven't built anything huge yet, but I'm working on it. I'll have a few questions for the more knowledgeable Mayors.