Author: George Sobala
Date: 15:29:24 05/16/02
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On May 16, 2002 at 17:42:06, Matthew Daigler wrote: >Has anyone tried to run PC chess programs -- Fritz 7.0, Chessbase 8.0, etc. -- >on a Mac using the Virtual PC 5.0 software? I am trying to decide whether to >buy a Mac and am very concerned that my chess software is going to take a huge >hit in performance as compared to running it on a similarly priced PC. Thanks >in advance for the help. Yup. They do work - but at about the speed of a 200MHz Pentium (On an Imac G4 800MHz). Virtual PC emulates the Intel instruction set in software, so there is a considerable performance hit! Also, native Crafty under Windows on an 800Mhz Duron is at least twice as fast as native Crafty in OS/X on an 800Mhz G4.
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