Author: Robert Pawlak
Date: 17:38:46 11/14/02
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>I guess, if you have time, it would be nice if you could address some of the >specifics raised elsewhere in this thread. How soon will you get your upgrade >to CA7? The chessbase items will, reportedly, be available very soon. That is >really the comparison needed. [CA7 vs CB8/Megabase2003/Fritz8/Powerbook2003] > Do you mean how soon will I update the comparison to CB 9 and CA 7? >I notice that the people upgrading from CA6 to CA7 seem to be elated by what's >new. Maybe you will be too! > I am elated, but tired ;-) I was very involved with the beta testing, and it was a long, intense process. You have to understand that Convekta's concept for what constitutes a new release for a program is totally alien to what people have come to expect. They really do provide a whole host of new functions with each change in version number. >Perhaps the most important two questions to be answered are: > >(1) Why would an owner of CB8/Megabase2003/Fritz8/Powerbook2003 wish to >purchase CA7 also? Succinctly - working with the tree is much easier. There are many more functions to support various tasks, be it test suite processing, analysis, etc. It works faster. It is the best tool for opening analysis and research. The negatives? It does not look as nice as CB. The learning curve may be steeper (but I don't know about this last one). I will also say that technically inclined people really like CA. The only ones that have significant trouble are those whose computer skills are not that great. A short story - I once spent an evening talking with GM Kaidanov. We were at a friends house. My friend has both CB and CA on his computer. Kaidanov had been a long term Chessbase user, but when he saw what CA could do, he was truly amazed. The thing that really impressed him was the availability of so much important opening data that was updated as moves were being played through on the board. He simply was not aware of what the program could do, until he saw it in action. Incidentally, I received an e-mail this night from someone else that had to deal with Convekta support on the WinXP issue. He heaped superlatives on the support team for their assistance. It sounds like a few of them pulled all-nighters to help him out. Incidentally - Convekta is really involved with CAP, they (and Dann) have really put a lot of resources, both computer and otherwise, on the problem. >P.S. I wonder how many Bobs there are here. I think it is a generational thing. Bob
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