Flight Simulator

Hi: I purchased Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition and what a dog!!! It is so slow and I am running a 3gig, Intel processor, Pentium 4, 1Gig memory 160Gig hard drive and Hyper Channel 800. Also, I have been experiencing major bugs in updating, deleting removing with Control Panel, etc. Has anybody else experienced results like this or am I going crazy! Also, the system takes 14Gig of hard disk sapce – has to be an all-time record!! Running WinXP Pro SP2.

Please let me know if anyone else having these problems. Sid Kraft