Author: Albert Bertilsson
Date: 00:13:20 07/09/03
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There is no doubt the G5 would be great for Chess if a bitboard engine was compiled specially for it. But so would the Opteron. To get me switch platform to Apple something really fantastic would happen (Like apple 2x faster in everything including running windows) otherwise it's not worth the time investment needed to do the switch. As long as there are quite good PC alternatives most users will not switch to Apple (actually I think Apple is loosing market share (but I'm not sure)). I don't think many are so interested about computer chess that they will switch platform for just because the G5 is great at that. Those with money and interest will probably go for the Opteron or Athlon64 or whatever. The bottom line is that very few interested in the G5 at all. The Opteron has been heavily discussed here because many consider that as a possible next system. /Regards Albert
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