AxiaEuxine said:

Now come on, which cockpit is more useful? Seems more logical.

True enough. But then, on the other hand, the OT design looks to be more mechanically-driven, while the PT design seems more electronic/software-driven. Hence, with the sleeker Vista-powered Jedi Starfighters, you've probably got a pretty good chance of hitting two buttons at the same time, confusing the system, and ending up with this:

Then you're pretty much screwed.

With the X-wing design, even if your system gets horribly mangled and strands you in deep space, you'll probably be ok as long as you've got a toolkit, a roll of duct tape, some spare WD-40, and a little mechanical know-how.

But no one - I repeat, no one - wants to be stranded in a remote region by the blue screen of death. From that horrifying hell of a monstrosity, there is no recovery.