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Subject: Re: Pocket Fritz 2 on Axim X5 Dell Pocket PC 400MHz

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 03:25:22 03/13/03

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On March 13, 2003 at 05:27:45, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On March 12, 2003 at 21:26:14, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On March 12, 2003 at 19:46:42, Nathan Hellmers wrote:
>>
>>>On March 12, 2003 at 16:16:47, Emil Vlasak wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does it run?
>>>>Thanks, Emil
>>>
>>>I have the first version and it runs fine, so the second version probably does
>>>too.  However, you might want to take a look at pocket grandmaster.  I like it
>>>quite a bit more than pocket fritz v.1
>>>
>>>See http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com
>>>
>>>
>>>Nathan
>>
>>I second the motion for pocketgrandmaster --
>
>
>
>In your view what are the feutures make Pocketgrandmaster a better choice,
>besides being a little bit weaker  than Pocket Fritz 2 ?
>
>Pichard

I do not have  PF2 -- I do have PF1.

The biggest difference so far has been price (less than 1/2 of PF 2) and 3
totally different engines.  For those purchased that PF1, you had no upgrade to
PF2.

If you have Pocket PC 2000 (which I have), PF2 will not work (the new phase of
programming - no backward compatibility?).

The strength between PF1 and Ruffian running under PG is very close.  Perhaps PG
with Ruffian is even stronger.  If you assume that PF2 has the Shredder 7
engine, then PF2 would be stronger than PG Ruffian (I guess?).

I am very happy with PG, I see no reason to upgrade to PocketPC 2002, and I was
very disappointed that after paying $50 for PF1, I would need to pay another
another $50 for PF2 -- that's ridiculous pricing for a Pocket PC.



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