Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 07:07:05 04/18/02
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On April 18, 2002 at 09:46:13, John D. Conte, Jr. wrote: >I'm planning to purchase a new computer from a private person who will build to >my specs...question Why are all the one's out on the market run Windows xp, >which sucks as far as I'm concerned. Also, most importantly, will Windows 2000 >pro pretty much take care of running all of the programs such as Fritz, Hiarcs, >Shredder, etc... Anybody have experience with this ofice/home system? Oh, again >any big difference between intel celeron 1.2 ghz vs. Pentium IV. I want to gpo >cheaper at this time, but someone told me the celeron chip is not too god, and >of course I knoe the Pentium 4 is great. >Thanks, >John I run win2000 Server and i have no problems running my chessprograms from Winboard to Chessbase. The only way a P4 could be concidered great was if you go for the northwood version, which is very expensive or if you compare it to the Celeron ;) Why don't you go for an Athlon XP? it is much better for chess and it is a lot cheaper than the P4. Regards Jonas
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