Author: Ray Rogers
Date: 14:58:18 05/03/03
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On May 02, 2003 at 18:49:53, J. C. Boco wrote: >On May 02, 2003 at 12:51:59, Ray Rogers wrote: > >>On May 02, 2003 at 08:47:53, J. C. Boco wrote: >> >>>On May 02, 2003 at 06:32:43, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1051739,00.asp >>> >>>As someone else pointed out already, ChessTiger isn't native for the processor >>>yet. But your point is well taken. It also drives yet another nail into the >>>dedicated-chess-computer market, which is really too bad. I've always had a >>>soft spot for the dedicateds. >> >>I don’t go with this “……nail in the coffin of dedicated chess computer” stuff. >>Clearly there is still a market with people like myself just waiting for the >>right product. Playing strength isn’t everything. I’ve two new fast PC’s plus >>Fritz 8 etc. but I won’t be selling my R30 even for the £500 I‘ve been offered. > >In a way I'm waiting for the right product to come along also. When the Star >Sappire or Star Diamond finally come (if they ever do) I will be tempted to buy >one simply because they will be the strongest on the market, perhaps not >counting your R30. By the way, what is the estimated rating of your R30? > >But as for "Waiting for the right product", well, just what new products have >there been in the dedicated market the past few years of rating 1800+? The two >computers I mentioned above have been expected for two years now, and they may >never materialize. I just don't think we really can wait until the right >product comes along. I think that the Novag Star Sapphire/Diamond are going to >be the last, because they won't make much money from them. I just don't see any >product down the pipeline to wait for. > >What I hope happens is that perhaps Novag will throw a better chip into the >Sapphire/Diamond. I can tell you that I belive the right product will have come >along if they just find a 100MHz chip to toss into the Sapphire/Diamond. Then >you would have a nice dedicated with a significant increase in strength, and I >would probably buy it. What is the reason, and I am presupposing there is one, >why you can't find a similar chip to the one already in use and use a faster >version? I would even pay for an expensive dedicated chess computer which had a >crappy slow notebook PC chip in it (something which wouldn't require cooling). >There are hardware tricks Novag can do to try to enliven the dedicated market, >but even with high-quality people like me (ahem) and you, they probably just >wouldn't make enough money doing it.
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