Author: blass uri
Date: 22:07:14 09/15/98
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On September 15, 1998 at 22:54:57, Serge Desmarais wrote: >On September 15, 1998 at 19:17:35, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: > >>On September 14, 1998 at 13:22:48, Eran wrote: >> >>>On September 14, 1998 at 12:51:21, John Coffey wrote: >>> >>>>I agree with the poster who said that the bugs are minor. >>>>You do not agree because you expect the program to be completely >>>>bug free? No software is completely bug free. I have yet to >>>>encounter any of these bugs, so I hardly feel put out. >>>> >>>>Fritz 5 is an excellent product. I don't know how it compares >>>>with other products, but I enjoy it quite a bit. It was be rash >>>>to tell people not to buy it. >>>> >>>>John Coffey >>> >>> >>>I agree with John Coffey. Software even DOS applications are never perfect. In >>>reality, it is impossible to make a bug-free software. I have Fritz5 and I am >>>quite happy with it. I learn to adjust to Fritz5 program while I from time to >>>time report bug to ChessBase. That is part of evolution; that's life. :) >>> >>>Eran >> >>I', sorry. I don't agree. I'm not saying people shouldn't buy Fritz 5. It's a >>beautiful program with wonderful features (if it worked as it should). I'm just >>saying that maybe you should be carefyull to try it out on you machine and check >>and see if it will work fine or not, because at least in my case it hasen't. >> >>As to bugs.. would you buy a wonderfull teeshirt with some tiny holes near the >>neck part or at the bottom, where the shirt is usually tucked into the pants? >>Would you consider these to be "minor" defects (because the are not visble to >>other people.. at least not always) or wouldnt you rather decide against buy >>that specific item because, on the whole, it is not acceptable? >> >>Alessio >> >>I'm still waiting for an answer from chessbase on the defect I have experienced >>with their program (this is day 5 if i'm not wrong). Let's see if their custumer >>service has bugs as well. > > > You know what? I installed Frint 5 under Win 3.11 and the sound would not >work EXCEPT for the TICK.WAV (clock sound). I installed Fritz 4.01 from the CD >and it playe all its sounds great. Now I compared the wav files for both version >: same number of bytes, same name , same sound plays when I use the utility that >comes with my soundblaster 16. Now WHY isn't Fritz 5 able to play the sounds >that Fritz 4 could play? WHAT has changed from one version to the other? I wrote >Chessbase about it (3 times to Wuellenberger and once to Feist). Wuellenberger >answered me that the TALKINGS were high resolution sounds and so I should >upgrade to Windows 95. First, WHAT does the BOARD SOUNDs have to do with the >TALKINGS??? And on the box it says it WORKS under Win 3.11 as well as under Win >95! It DOESN'T say that only a few funtions/options could work under Win 3.11 : >it says IT WORKS! > > > Now, WHY pay OVER 200$ to get a chess program if you get NO support at all??? Did you pay over 200$ for fritz5 This is not the price of Fritz5. (I paid 470 Shekels (less than 150$) Uri
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