Author: Stuzzi Kadent
Date: 06:44:30 08/17/02
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On August 16, 2002 at 23:29:54, Steve Coladonato wrote: >On August 15, 2002 at 14:03:39, John Merlino wrote: > >>On August 15, 2002 at 11:35:35, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>On August 14, 2002 at 17:21:37, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>This is not an error. Chessmaster 9000 will not support Windows 95/2000/NT. >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>Uh, this is rude. >>> >>>ME: The most INSTABLE and BUGGY Windows I have ever seen. >>>XP: The most official SPYWARE-OS I have ever seen. >>> >>>supported. >>> >>>NT (V.4 + SP6): Besides 2000prof the most STABLE Windows I have ever seen. >>>2000 professional: Besides NT 4 + SP6 the most STABLE Windows I have ever seen. >>> >>>not supported. >>> >>>Is it just because of this DirectX-stuff? If so, are there no alternatives? >>>I am still kind of shocked. My both PCs have Win2k, so goodbye Chessmaster... or >>>maybe I am lucky to get CM9000 to work anyway as CM8k indeed works. But not >>>supported makes it a lottery. >>>Unbelievable. Such a large company no resources to test under Win2k... even no >>>idea to ask here for volunteers. OK John, certainly not your choice. >> >>You are correct -- not my choice. However, if Chessmaster 8000 worked fine on >>your machine, then CM9000 should also work fine. >> >>jm > > >Sorry to see the cost of a new "operating system" as a required add on in >addition to the cost of CM9000. > >Steve I advise you not to waste your time Steve, they pretend not to see my point that Chessmaster has had three revisions since 6000 and still not proven under Windows 2000. Such shoddy and cheap treatment for a mass market program is only self-defeating. But of course it will be somebody else's fault and doesn't matter anyway. As Windows 2000 users we presumably must be wearing glasses so thick it takes light 6 years to get through them and we should be compiling our own chess programs. Perhaps I am missing something because I don't see what the attention is for because we cannot see the source code and it is unlikely the engine will be as strong as Fritz or Shredder. Once we know it gets beat by insert_names_here where is there to go with it? It is marketed to the masses and in particular parents buying for their children, so they want pretty pieces and video tutorials, not to be humiliated by computers playing like world champions.
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