Author: stuart taylor
Date: 13:20:28 10/10/01
Go up one level in this thread
On October 07, 2001 at 19:05:48, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 07, 2001 at 16:47:22, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On October 07, 2001 at 15:16:34, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On October 07, 2001 at 08:19:37, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>>>Will the upcoming PocketPC Tiger have the new v15 or the same version as the >>>>>>Palm? >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>>Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>The handheld version of Chess Tiger (for Palm or Pocket PC) will always have the >>>>>latest Chess Tiger engine. >>>> >>>>I mean, now that you mention "pocket PC", will that be significantly stronger >>>>than Palm? >>> >>> >>>Yes it will because the processor used by PocketPC computers (StrongARM) is >>>approximately 10 times faster than the one used in the Palms and compatibles >>>(DragonBall). >>> >>> >>> >>>> So what should I get? Palm or Pocket PC? (Or linux, whatever that >>>>is?) >>> >>> >>>Next year there will be Palms with an ARM core (and probably with a multimedia >>>enabled OS) and the speed advantage of the PocketPC handhelds will disappear. >>> >>>I know this does not help you, but I think it's important to know it because >>>there are more programs for Palm computers then for PocketPC computers. >>> >>>The PocketPC computers are not expected to have more success than PalmOS >>>computers (which are leading the market) until 2005. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>Wonder of wonders! >>But I don't expect that "next year" will mean at the turn of 2001 into 2002. >>(And I might make a further small extension of my personal deadline, by the >>way!). And even if yes, I'm concerned if it might take one or two versions until >>it stabilizes to be free of faults. >>S.Taylor > > > >By next year I mean in 2002, but I don't seriously expect them before the end of >2002. > >Anyway, either Palm releases these new devices with the new >multitasking-multimedia OS based on BeOS by the end of 2002, or they are dead. > > > > Christophe Dead, even for other companies? S.Taylor
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.