Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 20:40:36 04/18/98
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On April 18, 1998 at 23:09:22, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: >I was looking at which computers cost less than $2000 in the >computer shopper web site. I found that there were some >Alpha computers, running at 533MHZ. I also noticed that the >operating system that they use is Windows NT. >Has anybody tested any chess programs to see how well they >play? I know some chess programs are optimized for PC >computers. Will the increase in raw speed make much of a difference >for these programs? >Baldo. I bet that for Fritz 5 should means a lot of difference, but not for us, folk; we are regularly beaten by "conventional" 200 Mhz. As Enrique said, we are perfectionist, but maybe that is an elegant way to say we are a bunch of maniatics, always looking for something even more powerful, althought we are more than crushed time ago. Nevertheless, did you see a PC at that speed for less than 2000 bucks? It's so, let me know.... Fwernando
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