Author: gerold daniels
Date: 17:11:50 05/29/05
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On May 29, 2005 at 19:57:56, stuart taylor wrote: >On May 29, 2005 at 15:13:06, stuart taylor wrote: > >>If you lack time, please see my question near the end. >> >>This might be the end of my computer chase! I won 2 auctions, but cancelled them >>both, and now I found a dealer who got me closer to what I wanted, at no >>unbelievable price. >>He said that an Intel machine (laptop) it's possible to play around with easier, >>so I asked for a few things, and got some of them. One is 7,200 RPM on a 60 GB >>HD, and a (propper) 915 GM chipset at 1.86Ghz (i.e. 750) [more speed than that >>would cost improportionately more money], and 1024 mb RAM, which I was told is >>useful, but that more than that is unnecesary (IS it? Even if I like to put on >>alot of start-up pop-up programmes?). >> >>This was about the best I could probably have ended up with under the >>circumstances. It comes close to $2,000, but a much better package (I think) >>than I was origionally going to get. >> >>Yes, I thank Amir Ban who helped me open my eyes as to what is available in >>Israel. In fact most things are, but not all suppliers know of everything. But >>prices are still seemingly unnecesarily high, BUT I HAVE checked out around the >>web and I HAVE seen thart some things ARE highly priced elsewhere too. >> >>When people told me "don't you pay much morethan $1000 for anything laptop, >>however good" that, I think, is partially correct. But not tottally. Well, If I >>found a similar dealer, but in the UK or US, I can well imagine it would all fit >>in within $1,500. But I'm not so sure about $1000 or even $1,200. >> >>Yes, auction sales MIGHT yield a very good price, even less than outside Israel, >>occasionally, if there are not too many high bidders that day. But I cannot wait >>21 working days any more, and there might be other hassle involved too. And, you >>can't easily specify much of what you want, with a friendly dealer giving you >>much time. >> >>Now, I have further questions. >> >>What now do I need to get in order to set everything up, for computer and >>communication maximization? >>I ought to have known better, but I'm only really a beginner, from tommorrow! >>What do I and what do I need to get? Winboard? what? >>Thanks for any guidance. >>S.Taylor > >Also, how to get, and set-up 6-man endgame tablebasses, and combine them with my >chess program(s). (doesn't this add on several elo points to a chess program?) >Anyway, I havn't had great computer mobility for several years, and I never >learned how to set up these things before then. So I'm asking now, what to do, >and how to do it. (As I will now be having easier access and possibility, with >own computer. Well, it's only a laptop, maybe! but still, a hell of a lot better >than what anyone had even in a DESK top, only 3 years ago. So it can't be too >bad!). > >S.Taylor Hello Stuart. i would start with arena its a good one to learn from. gerold.
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