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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