Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 12:25:03 12/20/01
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Georg, Think of an AMD 4.0 Ghz computer with 4 GByte RAM and a 1000 GByte storage device that weighs 1.0 Kilogram and you carry wherever you want it. To use it you just plug it into any local monitor/keyboard/input device. It is also capable of being plugged into a wooden board with real pieces. You will also be able to insert these PortaComps into robotic female or male android bodies that allow chess and other play. OOH La-la! In addition, real 3-D monitors will allow you to see full color holograms of objects on your video display. The best is yet to be. Tim On December 20, 2001 at 06:54:21, Georg Langrath wrote: >The death of computerchess. > >In older days every tablechess was a piece of art. You talked about the design >and features as much as strength. Later came PC. Now you could talk about design >and features of interfaces instead beside strength. >Nowadays it seems as interfaces and new features are dying. Look at Fritz 7. It >looks like Fritz 6 if I haven’t misunderstood. It has one big development, and >that is communicating possibilities via Internet. >And Century 4. I have it. Although I like the interface it is the same as in >Century 3 in every detail. And it has some small new features. >That means that the important thing about buying new PC-chess nowadays is that >it perhaps is a little stronger. Often not more than as best 50 ELO. >I am not a strong chessplayer, but strength isn’t a problem for most of us >today. All programs are more than strong enough. Strength can be of importance >in analyze, but for few of us that important, that you are willing to spend 60$ >for an uncertain increase of perhaps 20 to 50 points. >And ordinary people are less interested in strength than those in CCC. >Perhaps there isn’t so much more to develop in features and design of interfaces >more, but I think that this means that most people will loose their interest in >buying new chessprograms. >Anybody that agree? > >Georg
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