Author: John Helmbrecht
Date: 05:47:25 09/26/03
I am interested in buying a Pocket PC to be used almost exclusively for chess. I have a Dell Axim X5 and the Pocket Fritz2 program picked out as possible purchases. Before I make the purchase, does anyone know the answers to the following? 1) Is there much difference between the 300Mhz and 400Mhz versions of the X5? i.e. Is there much of a rating difference between the new machines? I know the 400Mhz version comes with more memory that could be used for downloading/storing PGN formatted games. But, I figure with a compact flash card (I already own a couple of 256MB CF cards) that I could just use that for storing game databases on it. Trying to figure out if it is worth the extra $100 for buying the more expensive X5 400Mhz model. 2) Does anyone know of any game databases with PocketFritz2 so I could review some of the games that it has played? 3) Finally, I am wondering if the viewable chess board on the screen will be "too small". Know this is probably just a personal preference, but how does the board and pieces display on these machines? I can go to stores and test the demo models there, but none of them have chess playing software on them so it is a little hard to tell how good the graphics would be on these machines. Anyone info or other recommendations would be appreciated! Thanks - John
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