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I found this thing called XHSI that displays instrument panel on a second monitor. I will give this a try. I guess there's no built in feature in X Plane to undock instrument panel from the scenery.

Thanks Ultimate Flier for your response. There's nowhere in the X Pilot manual or Wiki that mentions about dual monitor setup that allows for scenery on one monitor, and instruments on another. People have done it with FS on single computer with two graphics card running three monitors (one for exterior projector and two 19 inch monitors for the instrument panels), so I know it's possible on FS. Computing power wise, Mac with multiple core processors (like 4 or 8 core processors) would have enough computing power, but I was wondering if X Pilot have something that wouldn't allow dual displays to work in this manner. If it's not mentioned in the manual, it's usually because you can't, but I was hoping someone would know the answer in this forum. I'm trying to simplify the setup as much as I can. I see impressive home simulators with up to seven computers running concurrently, but that means somewhere to store seven keyboards, and mouse. It's much better if you can get away with one keyboard and a mouse. I'm reading lot about people having problems with Saitek input devices. Mostly about difficulty in tweaking the parameters. So I was bit hesitant to go with Saitek yokes, and pedals. CH seems to have less negative comments in this area, and they seems to work well with Mac. I like the plug and play feature of the Mac. I've used firewire, midi and other devices with Mac and they were all simple as a breeze to use. This and MS's "kill switch" issue turned me towards X Pilot and Mac. I'm starting to reconsider using projectors for the scenery because of the space it requires. I'm leaning towards using three 32 or 40 inch displays at a corner of the room to display panoramic viewing field. This would save space, and wouldn't take up the whole room to project the exterior view. I agree with 22 inch monitors being too small. I'll consider a larger display or using two monitors for pilot's display and the center console. Any further recommendations are welcome.

I'm new to X Planes, and thinking of following setup to run the system. 1. Mac with dual monitor capability as processor platform 2. Two monitors - one for the exterior scenery (on a projector), and one for the instrument panel (22 inch LCD monitor) 3. CH Yoke, pedals, and throttle quadrant Is it possible to have dual displays, one with scenery, and other for the instrument panel running on a single computer ? If this is not possible or recommended, I'm thinking of doing the following: 1. Use two Mac minis networked together. One to run the scenery, and one to run the instrument panel 2. Continue adding Mac minis to increase the number of monitors in the future I'd appreciate any comments or thoughts.