Author: Chris King
Date: 10:41:48 05/23/01
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On May 23, 2001 at 12:27:11, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >On May 23, 2001 at 04:52:29, allan johnson wrote: > >>I am just about to buy a laptop loaded with Windows millenium.Does anyone >>know if any of the major chess programmes has trouble with Windows me? >>Thanks rabbits > >Windows Me is trash. Get Windows 2000 and a top chess program, you won't regret. >There's another reason to do this: next Windows version - Win XP - is going to >be launched soon, so being accostumed to Win 2000 you won't noticed so many >differences... I don't think you can run 16 bit chess engines under Win 2000. > >Well, if you were an advanced user, I would say Linux/StarOffice is a better >choice than Windows/Office. Crafty runs great under Linux, and you can get an >excellent free chess database too. There are not many (if any) top commercial engines available for Linux. I have windows 98, windows ME and Linux installed in seperate partitions. I use Windows 98 most of time and Linux when I get bored out of my skull with windows. I don't know why I have windows ME installed as I think it is a waste of space. I don't get any problems with windows 98 and they say the SE edition is even better. Chris > >A. Ponti
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