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I started with the MRC Command 2000 and found it more than adequate to the task. I used it on my layout that had a couple ovals and some spurs. IOW, I didn't do much in the way of operations as scenery and continuous running were my primary goals and I could run five locos with help and easily three by myself. I'm currently looking at the new MRC Prodigy system and find that I like the hand held cab with the advanced system. Having been in the computer industry for over twenty years and being asked by all my friends and family what computer they should get I developed a criteria list. It goes something like this. 1. What do you want to do? I used to tell people don't go buy a PC or a MAC and then look for the software to do what you want. Buy the software first and then buy the hardware that runs the software. So the better you know what you want to do with your layout, the better you will be able to select the right feature set. No sense in buying some feature that you will never use. 2. What are your friends using? This was brought up before and I can't emphasize enough the importance of this one. Unless you can't satisfy your needs with a system similar to your friends this should be heavily weighted in your analysis. 3. What is your budget? This is often weighted the most at the sacrifice of the first two criteria but always ends up costing more. If a system doesn't have what you need and you are trying to get by, just know that you are compromising what you want to do with your layout and it will usually cost more in total than if you had gone with the more expensive system in the first place.
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