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Subject: Re: Test position for PDA or slower/weaker PC (and for human!)

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 07:37:03 11/19/02

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On November 19, 2002 at 04:38:42, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>You should try Chessmaster 9000 on a Pentium 200 Mhz to equal the strength of a
>>>PDA or Pocket PC.
>>>
>>>Pichard.
>>
>>Based on my knowledge p200 is clearly faster than Pocket PC.
>>
>>I remember that I compared speed of pocket shredder with the commercial shredder
>>on p200 and the commercial was clearly faster.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Should be pocket Fritz but I call it pocket shredder because the programmer is
>stefan.
>
>Uri
>
>You are correct Uri, a P200 is almost twice faster than a Pocket Fritz 200 Mhz,
>it would only be wise to compare a Pentium 200 Mhz with the latest Dell Pocket
>pc Axim X5 operating at 400 Mhz.
>
>Pichard.


...Except that recent tests of 400 MHz Pocket PCs show that their actual speed
is a little SLOWER than older 200 MHz units (because the OS has not been
rewritten to handle the unique requirements of the new CPUs, which run at a
lower speed most of the time to conserve power).



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