Author: Kevin Strickland
Date: 12:17:47 02/10/02
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On February 10, 2002 at 15:06:33, John D. Conte, Jr. wrote: >Excuse my ignorance, and I could research this, but TIME for an upgrade. >Honestely I feel 1 needs 1 computer for just chess..!?&*%$ I notice the SSDF >Rating list utilizes Athlon?? I've had an Acer Pentium for approx. 7 years with >no problems. Which is the best, or rather the better other than Linux for >running chess engine, database programs? Also I've noticed Windows XP has >problems with certain programs or is not recommended. Anyone with experience, >would be apreciated. Currentently I run 2 databae programs Chess Assistant & >Chessebase, along with Fritz 6 & Hiarcs 7.32. >Thanks Personally I have both. I like the Athlon for the speed, but nothing beats the stability of my Intel system. I have a 1.2 Ghz PIII, and an Athlon XP 2000+. The Athlon is the faster of the two systems, but overall I like the Intel machine for everything from gaming to processing databases. I recently installed Linux on the Athlon machine as I am doing some research into which OS is best for Crafty. I believe it will be Linux as every clone of Crafty on ICS that uses Linux seem to be the toughest. I am using Red Hat 7.2 for this. On the Intel machine I use Windows 2000 Professional as I do not like Windows XP. I don't like alot of the stuff that it does, and I do not believe I should have to activate anything with any company I legally purchased software from. If anyone wants my copy of Windows XP I would gladly sell it, as it is just collecting dust on my shelf. I will not use it. Windows 2000 Professional does everything that I want it to do. It also out performs Windows 98 in the games that I play. There are not many, but for the online ones nothing can touch Windows 2000. That's just my two cents and trust me someone will put their's in as well. Kevin.
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