Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 22:30:05 11/17/04
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On November 17, 2004 at 23:00:20, Peter Darin wrote: Hi, >I heard SMK say (I dont remember on www.shredderchess.com or a email) it is the >latest Shredder 8 engine but lacks some speed and optimization done in the >(Shredder 8 CB). I found it little confusing but was never informed that it play >about 150 points weaker. I think it was made so a requested by CB to avoid loosing market share. > >In this case as a average user u can not find that out unless u conduct serious >tests. In fact I came to know about it on this forum and that too was not >confirmed until ur posts some days back. any ways I m not going to buy Shredder >8 CB as u said Shredder 9 will be coming out. Yes, Shredder 9 will be the strongest Shredder ever seen. We are unable to tell how much stronger yet, since we have not completed the work, but for sure a clear improvement and a more fun program to play with. > >Another thing is that this weaker engine is not free as it will go off after 30 >days if u have not registered (I registered before that so could not find that.) >Furthermore u have to buy both to play the strongest so nothing is free. In Italy we have a sentence that say "nobody is giving anything for free...", so I do not see how you could expect that. SMK makes this programs to live and so has to get some money from them. The advantage is that "he is forced" to improve them to be able to sell them (directly and through CB) and this means that he has to make the improvement worth to buy. I think 80 Euro (Shredder 8 CB + registration on Shredderchess.com/) for those masterpieces are "little money" in the West world. This is my personal opinion. > >Thanks > >Peter Sandro
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