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I have a strong pc built for my simulator. Now im curious what the best operating system is to run x-plane 10.

 

Thanks in advance,

Omar

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answered by (25 points)
I am not sure but I think that your PC will be the best.
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Hi Omar,

For the best flight experience, using a Windows PC is probably your best bet. Great graphics cards and high end set ups are a lot cheaper than getting an equivalent on a Mac machine. This means you'll most likely see higher FPS with higher rendering settings on a desktop PC. Windows isn't very efficient when it uses the hard drive though, so load times on Windows machines will be a bit higher.

X-Plane is (somewhat notoriously) developed primarily on Macs though because it's a more developer friendly environment, not necessarily because it runs X-Plane better.
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