Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 17:08:13 09/16/98
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On September 16, 1998 at 01:07:14, blass uri wrote: > >On September 15, 1998 at 22:54:57, Serge Desmarais wrote: > >>On September 15, 1998 at 19:17:35, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >> >>>On September 14, 1998 at 13:22:48, Eran wrote: >>> >>>>On September 14, 1998 at 12:51:21, John Coffey wrote: >>>> >>>>>I agree with the poster who said that the bugs are minor. >>>>>You do not agree because you expect the program to be completely >>>>>bug free? No software is completely bug free. I have yet to >>>>>encounter any of these bugs, so I hardly feel put out. >>>>> >>>>>Fritz 5 is an excellent product. I don't know how it compares >>>>>with other products, but I enjoy it quite a bit. It was be rash >>>>>to tell people not to buy it. >>>>> >>>>>John Coffey >>>> >>>> >>>>I agree with John Coffey. Software even DOS applications are never perfect. In >>>>reality, it is impossible to make a bug-free software. I have Fritz5 and I am >>>>quite happy with it. I learn to adjust to Fritz5 program while I from time to >>>>time report bug to ChessBase. That is part of evolution; that's life. :) >>>> >>>>Eran >>> >>>I', sorry. I don't agree. I'm not saying people shouldn't buy Fritz 5. It's a >>>beautiful program with wonderful features (if it worked as it should). I'm just >>>saying that maybe you should be carefyull to try it out on you machine and check >>>and see if it will work fine or not, because at least in my case it hasen't. >>> >>>As to bugs.. would you buy a wonderfull teeshirt with some tiny holes near the >>>neck part or at the bottom, where the shirt is usually tucked into the pants? >>>Would you consider these to be "minor" defects (because the are not visble to >>>other people.. at least not always) or wouldnt you rather decide against buy >>>that specific item because, on the whole, it is not acceptable? >>> >>>Alessio >>> >>>I'm still waiting for an answer from chessbase on the defect I have experienced >>>with their program (this is day 5 if i'm not wrong). Let's see if their custumer >>>service has bugs as well. >> >> >> You know what? I installed Frint 5 under Win 3.11 and the sound would not >>work EXCEPT for the TICK.WAV (clock sound). I installed Fritz 4.01 from the CD >>and it playe all its sounds great. Now I compared the wav files for both version >>: same number of bytes, same name , same sound plays when I use the utility that >>comes with my soundblaster 16. Now WHY isn't Fritz 5 able to play the sounds >>that Fritz 4 could play? WHAT has changed from one version to the other? I wrote >>Chessbase about it (3 times to Wuellenberger and once to Feist). Wuellenberger >>answered me that the TALKINGS were high resolution sounds and so I should >>upgrade to Windows 95. First, WHAT does the BOARD SOUNDs have to do with the >>TALKINGS??? And on the box it says it WORKS under Win 3.11 as well as under Win >>95! It DOESN'T say that only a few funtions/options could work under Win 3.11 : >>it says IT WORKS! >> >> >> Now, WHY pay OVER 200$ to get a chess program if you get NO support at all??? > >Did you pay over 200$ for fritz5 >This is not the price of Fritz5. >(I paid 470 Shekels (less than 150$) > >Uri I paid $179.95 Canadian, INCLUDING a 15% discount, and once the taxes were added, the total was $206.99 Canadian! (That is what is written on the Bill from Boutique Strategie in Montreal. Serge Desmarais
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