Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:13:27 01/10/05
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On January 09, 2005 at 10:33:28, Mike Byrne wrote: >On January 09, 2005 at 10:07:31, Duncan Roberts wrote: > >>On >The $1,000,000 question of course is why does Deep Junior sell for $50 more >>>Junior when that are both SMP engines - the only difference appears to be the >>>number of thread options setting. I have my opinion of course, but if I express >>>it here, I cound be banned for life from CCC ;>). >> >> >>sounds interesting. what sort of opinion could ban you for life from CCC. ? >> >>of course I am sure that you do not hold such an opinion, or would even think of >>such a thing, but what was the actual opinion ? >> >> >>duncan > >ok, IMO if they are providing Junior 8 purchasers with an SMP engine anyway - >why does the DJ8 cost so much more? Are we paying extra to run Junior 8 in >single thread mode when we have a dual nachine? That does not seem to right to >me. > >Just my $.02 - I hope this doesn't get me banned ;>) I think that Deep Junior8 does what is supposed to do. The problem is only with Junior8. It is supposed to use a single processor and it does not use a single processor on a dual machine. I assume that the way that part of the users use Junior8 is to test it in engine-engine games A user who has a dual machine may prefer Junior8 and not Deep Junior8 and after buying it he can discover that he cannot test it on his machine with ponder on in fair conditions because Junior8 is using 2 processors. He can ask the money back and I think that he is right. I do not see why the value of the ability to use 1 processor in a dual machine is more important than the value of the ability to use 2 processors. If a programmer want to test his engine against Junior he may prefer the ability to use 1 processor in a dual machine. Uri
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