Author: Slater Wold
Date: 15:53:02 10/27/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 15:44:43, John Merlino wrote: >On October 26, 2001 at 19:20:47, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>I all: >>A couple of days ago I wrote a list of some programs that does work and those >>that does not in XP environment. No reply appeared, so I ms asume I left all >>people in amazement, frozen in awe so nobody could write a word. >>Well, I like that. Kind of an exercize in humility. So here goes the second one >>about XP perfomance. I have been using it intensively for 5 days and this is it: >>Pros: >>It has not hang at all >>It has not frozen until now >>No blue screen >>My internet connection -by now a simple Dial-Up one- is running two or three >>times faster. >>Fritz 6 went from around 390 Knodes to near 500 in the same 500 Mhz AMD-K6 where >>I runned Windows Me. Maybe I did a bad measurement before? >>Faster loading of all programs, including itself. >>Far prettier interface. >>Cons: >>It is not very friendly with AMd cards, but, although putting an unhappy face, >>it has worked with every driver on the integrateded card I use. Until now... >>Some chess programs definitively does not run: the worst case is century and to >>my chagrin as it is one of my favourites. >>Until now is not easy to find an AV program that is compatible. I found one that >>is more or less so, Panda Platinum, but still give me some reports of >>malfuntioning. But I have not tested NT AV's. Maybe they fits better. >>Now, say something... >>Fernando > >As long as Chessmaster 8000 runs well on XP, I'm happy. That means that we >should have little to no problems making the next version fully compatible with >XP (which, of course, we HAVE to do). > >I was very concerned about the seemingly random problems that CM8000 had on >Windows 2000 and NT: > >-- Some users had absolutely no problems, and other users couldn't even run the >program. >-- Some users reported problems with menus not drawing properly, others did not. >-- Some users reported that no matter who you tried to play a rated game >against, you got Chessmaster as your opponent -- other users had no problems. >-- Some users couldn't get past the sound card requirement (even though they had >a sound card), and others could not. Just to let you know, I run Chessmaster 8k on Windows 2000 Server, and the only problem I have is the boxes not redrawing properly. :) >And, of course, all of these could be directly traced to Windows 2000/NT. This >was making me dread how well CM8000 would work on XP. > >Thankfully, by all accounts (which, admittedly, is still less than a dozen), >there are no problems. > >However, I STILL hate the fact that you can't install it on more than one >machine. And if you want to have ANY "fully-compliant" XP program on more than >one computer you have to buy two copies of it. At least, that's what I've heard, >but the only programs that I've actually been told enforce this requirement are >Microsoft programs (such as Office XP). This could *not* be further from the truth. They will let you install it on any computer that belongs to you, that you use *personally*. It can NOT be owned by your company, or furnished by your company. I myself have 3 computers, in which I registered Office XP for all 3 of them. I did not have to register my copy of Windows XP. Of course, you'll have a hard time explaining to MS why you have 20 comptuers. But home LAN's are pretty common now. >There.... I said something.... ;-) > >jm
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