I have a friend who is looking for an iMac to run X-Plane (Flight Sim)

O.K. my friend is a 86 year old former B-29 bombardier from the 462nd bombardment group USAAF.
He uses PC's but he is looking for an iMac that will run X-Plane
http://www.x-plane.com/
a flight simulator that works on the Macintosh platform.
He has been frustrated by being attacked by Hackers before on his PC (I think that he might have gotten a couple of Remote Trojans) and he wants to go back online again of the Internet.
Will X-Plane run decently on a current iMac?
How about the low end model will it run this decently?
I'm looking for individuals who have used this on their iMac to respond preferably.
I see the requirements for X-Plane here
http://www.x-plane.com/sysreq.html
According to this it looks as though any iMac should work.
I don't think that he can afford a Mac Pro and since he is my friend I don't want him to spend too much money.

'83Mac,
I think you might want to reconsider your recommendation. While your friend may not want to go $2200 for the high end model, it seems to me that an extra $300 for twice the video RAM, twice the system RAM, 30% more HD space and a slightly more powerful CPU in the 2.66GHz. 20 in. model would certainly be worth it. 128MB of Video RAM is just not that much any more, and your friend is looking at buying a Mac specifically for x-plane, a graphic intense program. As you may know, and your friend would certainly be aware of, x-plane is in constant development and is always pushing the edge of the envelope as far as current system capabilities are concerned. It would give your friend a system that would be able to handle whatever is in the x-plane pipeline for a longer time to come, and extend his capabilities with the program's current state. Just my two cents.
Hope this helps,
Jeff

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