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Date: 06 Dec 2006 15:48:41
From: [email protected]
Subject: Best of the Chessmaster Series ?
Which version of the Chessmaster series do you like the best and why?
Which version would you recommend for a 1500 player that wants to
improve?





 
Date: 07 Dec 2006 14:13:34
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Best of the Chessmaster Series ?
[email protected] <[email protected] > wrote:
> Which version of the Chessmaster series do you like the best and why?
> Which version would you recommend for a 1500 player that wants to
> improve?
>

CM10 is known to fail miserably if you have any virtual drive technology on
your system, like what comes with Alcohol 120% or others. You won't be able
to play the game at all if you have them installed.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
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Date: 07 Dec 2006 21:23:55
From: Michael Vondung
Subject: Re: Best of the Chessmaster Series ?
On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:13:34 GMT, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

> CM10 is known to fail miserably if you have any virtual drive technology on
> your system, like what comes with Alcohol 120% or others. You won't be able
> to play the game at all if you have them installed.

I play CM10 with Daemon Tools running, and a few active virtual drives. It
may collide with other products (not using Alcohol 120%), but it doesn't
clash with all virtual drive technologies.

M.


   
Date: 07 Dec 2006 21:14:14
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Best of the Chessmaster Series ?
Michael Vondung <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:13:34 GMT, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>
>> CM10 is known to fail miserably if you have any virtual drive technology on
>> your system, like what comes with Alcohol 120% or others. You won't be able
>> to play the game at all if you have them installed.
>
> I play CM10 with Daemon Tools running, and a few active virtual drives. It
> may collide with other products (not using Alcohol 120%), but it doesn't
> clash with all virtual drive technologies.
>

Fair enough ... but that is a 100% reason for me not to own the product. It
is NOT a good idea to hide this limitation in the ULA or have the user
discover this after they have opened the packaging and installed the software
[when they can't return it].

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: D281 77A5 63EE 82C5 5E68 00E4 7868 0ADC 4EFB 39F0




 
Date: 06 Dec 2006 21:00:17
From: Inconnux
Subject: Re: Best of the Chessmaster Series ?

> I think that most people would say either CM9000 or CM 10th. The choice
> is really in which interface you prefer.
>
> CM 10th has (slightly) more tutorial content, and a few new features
> such as pre-constructed tournaments against the computer, but otherwise
> is identical in feature set to CM9.
>
> If price is an issue, then CM9 is your best bet, as you might be able
> to find it for $15 or less.
>

where as I would recommend CM 10k :)



 
Date: 06 Dec 2006 16:38:46
From:
Subject: Re: Best of the Chessmaster Series ?

[email protected] wrote:
> Which version of the Chessmaster series do you like the best and why?
> Which version would you recommend for a 1500 player that wants to
> improve?

I think that most people would say either CM9000 or CM 10th. The choice
is really in which interface you prefer.

CM 10th has (slightly) more tutorial content, and a few new features
such as pre-constructed tournaments against the computer, but otherwise
is identical in feature set to CM9.

If price is an issue, then CM9 is your best bet, as you might be able
to find it for $15 or less.

jm

p.s. Me, I prefer CM9, as it was the last version I had the privelege
to work on. :-)