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Subject: Re: Computer with 8 Ghz and 8 GB RAM

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:08:06 12/19/02

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On December 19, 2002 at 20:16:48, Pavel Blokhine wrote:

>On December 19, 2002 at 12:33:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 19, 2002 at 05:07:25, Matt Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On December 19, 2002 at 03:02:07, Brandon wrote:
>>>
>>>>If I'm not mistaken, I think I see "Windows 2000 Professional" in that computer
>>>>description... that OS only supports up to 2 GB RAM and 2 cpus I believe. If you
>>>>want to use those 8 cpus and all 8 GB of RAM, you'll need Windows 2000 Advanced
>>>>Server or better...
>>>>
>>>> - Brandon S.
>>>
>>>Good point.
>>>
>>>Curious, too. I went and glossed over the site out of interest, and I was only
>>>given an option for Win2K Advanced Server or RedHat. For the purpose of Chess,
>>>*nix could very well be better as Windows machines like to do a lot of things
>>>behind your back (like updating themselves every other week because of some new
>>>IIS attack). Not very cool when those extra cycles could be spent on real
>>>computation.
>>>
>>>-Matt
>>
>>
>>Do as I do here.  _all_ windows boxes are behind a firewall.  And they are _not_
>>allowed to open such connections.  :)
>
>
>
>How many GM will be able to beat this computer with Deep Fritz 7 or Deep Junior
>playing?


Depends on how they play and the motivation.



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