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Subject: Re: Mac OSX. Please recommend software

Author: George Sobala

Date: 10:02:48 03/03/04

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On March 03, 2004 at 11:05:25, Jason Kent wrote:

>On March 03, 2004 at 10:41:15, earl watson wrote:
>
>>Hello.  Will some nice Mac OSX user out there please help me whith this ?   I
>>once had ChessBase and ran it on my 'PC' and I loved it.  Now, I no longer have
>>a 'PC' but a Mac OSX system.  What is the best (comparable to ChessBase)
>>software for me to purchase for the OSX ?  I would like one which does not
>>default to OS9 'classic' but really takes advantage of the full potential of
>>OSX.  I have a dual-processor G4.  Also, if you can, please tell me what would
>>be my best second choice (in case I cannot afford the best one).  Would really
>>appreciate recommendation from someone using their Mac OSX for chess study,
>>playing over historic games, making books, etc .   Thank you !   -  choppi
>
>I'm not too familiar with the chessbase products, but Chessmaster 9000 just came
>out for macs if you are interested.

"In development" I believe.

For Chess on OSX you are pretty much limited to good free software such as SCID
and Xboard. Ruffian, Deep Sjeng and Crafty are the strongest Mac (xboard
compatible) engines.



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