content: You would have to be stupid to buy this microsoft hardware. Although this joystick works with the current Windows XP operating system (not very well though), as soon as they come out with a new operating system this joystick won't work with it. I learned about this when i tried to install my sidewinder precision pro with microsoft xp and found out that windows will not update their hardware to force users to buy new products. Choose another manufacturer such as Wingman, who will update their products software to work with any new operating systems.