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Subject: Re: Are all XP operating Systems the same for running Chessbase Programs?

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 15:03:09 10/29/02

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On October 29, 2002 at 09:55:34, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On October 29, 2002 at 03:22:25, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>On October 29, 2002 at 00:18:49, Brian Katz wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone tell me if any of the new XP Operating systems are better than the
>>>other for Chessbase Chess programs? Whether it be XP home XP Home Office or XP
>>>Professional. Or are they all the same for Chess Programs. Do any Chessbase
>>>products perform better with one then the other?
>>>
>>>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>Brian Katz
>>
>>There should be only 2 versions, XP Home and XP Professional.  The only
>>difference you should possibly notice for chess programs is that the
>>Professional version supports multiple processors.  Of course if you have only
>>one CPU in your computer, there should be very little noticeable difference.
>
>Isn't there a 64 bit version of XP Professional?

Yes, I believe there is one for Itanium systems (and in the future there will
probably be one for Hammer systems), but it is uninteresting for this discussion
- very few people actually have an Itanium system at the moment, and they're
very expensive.



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