Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:30:51 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 03:26:05, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>On September 25, 2002 at 22:15:56, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>On September 25, 2002 at 07:38:51, Daniel Clausen wrote:
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>>>Could you at least mark posts like these as OT? (it seems to be hopeless to ask
>>>to not post these at all abviously ;)
>>>
>>>Sargon
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>>I find it very much on topic, but is it just me?
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>> Christophe
>
>Fine, then I withdraw my request. :)
>
>Sargon
I must add that the reason I find it on topic is because the Palms are now going
to be a serious if not the ultimate competition to the high end dedicated chess
computers (who have almost disappeared already).
Take a PalmOS 5 device running somewhere between 175 and 400MHz. There is NO
dedicated chess computer that can compete.
I acknowledge that the price is not going to be cheap at first (I expect them to
sell at $500). However wait for a year and see the prices reaching $200 to $300.
Add $20 to equip them with Chess Tiger for Palm, and you get the ultimate pocket
chess computer for all chess players including strong masters: a 2400 to 2500
elo chess program with 3Mb of hash tables and 10Mb of opening book with the
ability to exchange games with your PC.
On the other hand, Palms equipped with the classic DragonBall processor at 33MHz
(overclockable to 45-54MHz most of the time) are going to drop dramatically in
price. The announced Palm Zire is going to sell to approximately $100, expect it
to drop to $75 in a few months.
While not as strong for chess than the new PalmOS5 models with ARM processors,
they are still a very good choice for beginers to average players (the SSDF is
probably going to find out that Chess Tiger for Palm on these devices is around
2100 elo, probably even more for the upcoming Chess Tiger 15 for Palm).
That's the reason I find the post on topic. It is exciting to know that very
soon computer chess addicts are going to be able to carry a very strong chess
computer in their pocket (and actually a real multipurpose computer with
integrated Bluetooth connectivity). And that the entry price to own a Palm is
going to drop under $100 (including the device AND the chess program).
Christophe
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