I got it on DVD the day or so it came out for my little sister
1. If you have the sims with all the expansions, be ready for like 1/20 of the items (but you can color code everything, heh)
2. You're gunna need I'd say at least 512mb RAM, we had to upgrade her from 256, it was unbearable (shes got an AMD 2500+ Mobile, also OCed, as mobiles do)
3. It looks and plays much better, the characters have lots more options.
She likes it. Hope that helps