Brand does not matter, its the specification that is most important
According to Microsoft it should work if your computer is 64 bit.
it should
If you look around the cockpit should be a switch or key labeled "Magneto Switch", turn that to off to stop the engine.
one possible option is that you go in to Google and type 'free Microsoft ww2 flight simulator'. you can then download the most recent version. there should be one at the bottom on the 1st page that has the URL www.download.com/windows/flight-simulator-games/1921-7544_4-0.HTML. please note this may only be a trial version.
There should be default missions. If you have add-on missions downloaded online, you should put them in an appropriate folder in your FSX's.
There should be a readme in the folder telling you what to do. If there isn't one, go back to where you downloaded the aircraft files and look for instructions.
You should not download illegaly.
In the FS9 aircraft folder find the panel folder then click on panel.cfg. It should say something like:[fltsim]alias=B737_400\panelThis means to use the FS9 default panel for Boeing 737-400. Fsx doesnt have 737-400, so change 400 to 800 so that it looks like this[fltsim]alias=B737_800\panelSave then open fight sim and aircraft should be there.
It should work on XP
There isn't really a labelled laptop, but you want something that's either only for gaming or just has a large processor. Myself I run a toshiba Satellite c660/c660d, (not sure which it is.) with the i3 and windows 7. I find that even on high graphics it works fine, there's a small bit of lag, but you can tweak the graphics settings a bit to fix that. If your looking for something made for gaming, your looking for something with a reasonable graphics card and memory. As I say I can't really give you a "made for flight simulator laptop", but look around there's bound to be an affordable powerful laptop out there somewhere. If its a mac you have currently have, it will depend on what other things use up its memory, my laptop I use only for gaming, and it works fine. Hope this helps a bit,
In theory - it should work without any problems. However - it's possible you may need to run it in 'compatibility mode' for the graphics to work properly.
It should do. Are you using control alt A?