2009-12-28

X-Man Brought Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Hurray, I survived X-MAS (christmas for the noobs)!!!

The X-Man (Santa Clause for the noobs) brought Microsoft Flight Simulator X. He knew that I like to play flight simulators but he forgot that I avoid to use the Windows OS. Regardless, I tryed to play it.

Installing MFSX on a Xeon 2,4 GHz system with 1 GB RAM took more than 1 hour and wasted 15 GB of my harddisk.

No Protection of Data Privacy with Microsoft Products

After the installation it is necessary to activate the game. Therefore the serial number must be entered and the game will connect to a Microsoft server and send all kind of data about your system.

Naturally, I denied sending information about MY SYSTEM! But, without activation I cannot use the game without limitations.

Finally, I decided to remove MFSX from my hard disk and to send the game back to Microsoft. Now, I will spend the money on X-Plane which works on my Linux OS and does not require activation.