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Subject: Re: Getting tired

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:25:45 09/09/05

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On September 09, 2005 at 17:14:21, Mike Agnos wrote:

>I saved and pasted this from a reviewer at amazon.  Any comments?
>warm regards, Mikey
>
>p.s.  I don't own a laptop.  However, my first computer was a laptop.  From my
>experience with it, I'll never own a laptop again!! (Buy the way, MC sounds
>interesting, and it has an engine I don't have. I think I'll buy it!  For $10,
>what can I lose?)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>"Well, if you have a laptop you will most likely not be able to use this
>program, (Majestic Chess), unless you reload it each time. When I first loaded
>this thing it worked great, and I played several games. Once I rebooted my
>laptop, it would not run until I uninstalled and installed again.
>
>I called Sierra, and they said, and I quote, "Our products don't work on
>laptops; we don't support laptops." I asked, "Why does it work right after you
>load it, and continue to work as long as you don't reboot?" Sierra's answer? "We
>don't support our products on laptops."
>
>So, with the book and the box in front of me I told the no-support person that
>there is nothing on the box that says that laptops are unsupported, and it's a
>major inconvenience for their customers to purchase a product that is known to
>not work on a substantial number of computers, and it's irresponsible for them
>to sell it that way. Sierra's response? The no-support person hung up on me."

The simple fact is that Vivendi/Sierra is no longer supporting Majestic Chess in
any fashion. If you buy it, you're on your own.

Even with that, I still would think it's worth $10 just to give it a try.

jm



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